By Olarewaju Kola
LAGOS
Dozen of civilians are feared dead as BokoHaram militants attacked a town in north-eastern Nigeria, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted, a military source said.
Insurgents stormed Chibok in the southern part of northeastern Borno State on Thursday at about 5pm local time, the source said, quoting some of the soldiers who returned from the area to the military base in the neighboring town of Biu.
Yohana Braima, a Chibok resident, confirmed the attack.
"Many may have been killed as the insurgents were shooting anyhow," he told AA.
He said several residents also fled into the bush, pleading with military troops who he alleged left the town shortly before the arrival of the insurgents to return and save the area from Boko Haram control.
"Our fear now is about our people there. Let soldier return to flush the Boko Haram out," he said.
Over 200 teenagers were kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14 at a Chibok school dormitory, spurring international outrage.
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, recently said in a video suspected to have released by the sect that the girls have been married off despite Nigerian government claims of a cease-fire with the group in return for releasing the girls.
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