The Emir of Gwoza, who confirmed the killings, said two of the victims killed along Kirawa road ambush on Friday, April 25, 2025 were members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), while the other 10 victims are firewood scavengers who were also ambushed and killed yesterday.
Timta who decried the spate of killings in recent times on Gwoza communities and other locations, warned that such renewed attacks, if not checked, would sabotage the efforts of Borno State Government and the military in its ongoing reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
“It is unfortunate that two of my people who are members of the Civilian Joint Task Force were ambushed and killed along Kirawa road on Friday, while another 10 civilians who went to a nearby bush to scavenge firewood were killed today (Saturday), with two others sustaining serious injuries.