HUMANGLE
Suspected members of Boko Haram are waging a new and sickening campaign of violence in a community in the Mandara mountains of Borno, northeast Nigeria, local sources say.
In the past three months, hundreds of people have been killed in the most brutal way, relatives of those murdered and people collecting their stories in Gwoza, the main town of the local government area, have told HumAngle.
Multiple sources say the terrorists seize villagers from their homes and take them to a remote mountain village called Guduf Nagadiyo in Bubayagwa ward.
The victims are being held in a large pit. Every Friday, according to multiple reports from people who escaped the village, the terrorists select a group to be brought out.
These people, men, women or children, are then put to the slaughter, their throats cut.
Baba Idrisa, an elderly man who escaped Guduf Nagadiyo ten days ago, said: “Our people on the mountain are suffering; they are slaughtering people every Friday,”
Idrisa managed to escape from the village as he was initially left alone by the terrorists because of his age. He used the opportunity to creep away.
Speaking on Feb. 5, Idrisa said: “They gathered many there (in the village). I am grateful that I have escaped because they were hunting me.”
According to Idrisa, he sneaked out with his belongings and tiptoed his way down the hill in the middle of the night until he reached what he hoped was safety.
He arrived in Gwoza town after five days on the run, passing through rough terrain as he descended the hills.
Baba Idrisa narrated how he escaped Guduf Nagadiyo to a local source who filmed the interview and sent it to HumAngle. It is clear Idrisa has been traumatised by his ordeal.
When the terrified man eventually reached the community under the mountain, he was confronted by military units.
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