Nine Killed in Boko Haram IED Attack at Mairari Village in Borno
The assault deepens Borno’s displacement crisis with once-resettled villages remaining vulnerable to renewed insurgent strikes
Overview
- An IED planted by Boko Haram detonated at a bus stop in Mairari village, Guzamala LGA—about 18 km from Monguno and 119 km from Maiduguri—killing at least nine travellers.
- Several injured survivors were evacuated to hospitals in Monguno and Maiduguri for treatment following Sunday’s blast.
- Speaker Abdulkarim Lawan condemned the attack as inhumane and urged the military to retake Guzamala LGA to restore civil authority in deserted communities.
- Both Boko Haram and its ISWAP faction have stepped up assaults on civilians and military outposts across Borno State in recent months.
- The Nigerian military killed ISWAP commander Abu Fatima last month and reports over 13,000 insurgents killed alongside 124,000 surrenders in the North-east over the past two years.