Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have attacked Kwapre, a village in Hong Local Government Area of the state.
The insurgents were said to have abducted unspecified number of women during the attack which reportedly took place last night.
It was gathered that the terrorists kept shooting repeatedly while the attack lasted to scare residents of the community away while they kept picking women sighted in the course of the operation.
A source which pleaded anonymity said the insurgents during the invasion killed five people, destroyed houses and other properties and made away with belongings of the residents.
He noted that the attackers were first thought to be herders’ on a revenge mission but it didn’t take long before they realised the invaders’ true identities.
“Right now, there is no single person in Kwapri, everybody has fled the community,” he said.
The Member representing Gombi/Hong Federal Constituency and Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Yusuf Buba Yakubu, who represents the affected community in the National Assembly, reacted to the development with a statement expressing his concerns.
Yakubu said the insurgents who besieged Kwapre village in Garaha Ward of Hong LGA, killed and maimed unsuspecting community dwellers, destroyed homes and properties and abducted some people.
“This latest attack on the innocent and peace-loving people of Kwapre is another senseless and cruel act of cowardice on a community that is renowned for peace, industry and serenity,” the lawmaker said.
