MAN SLAUGHTER, 44 FEARED DEAD IN BORNO VILLAGE

In yet another reprisal attack by insurgents, some gunmen Tuesday night slaughtered no fewer than 44 people at Dumba village on the outskirts of Baga town, in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.

Meanwhile, the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the security Challenge in the North yesterday displayed video recording of Shura members of the Boko Haram sect where they called on their field commanders to ceasefire as being proposed by the government, saying that prophet Mohammed sanctions dialogue during Jihad.

Sources told our reporter yesterday that about 50 gunmen stormed Dumba village which is some  kilometers away from Baga and slaughtered 44 people. Many people were also said to have been injured during the attack that lasted for hours.