Borno Recovers, Buries 81 Boko Haram Victims

The Bama Local Government Area of Borno State has retrieved and buried the corpses of 81 victims of the Boko Haram killings, which were dumped by the insurgents in the Yadzaram River after the terrorists captured Bama town on September 1, 2014.

Speaking with journalists on Thursday, the Chairman of Bama LGA, Alhaji Ali Gujja, said the remains, which were mainly skeletons, were buried on Thursday by the council officials.

Gujja added that the skeletons were exhumed along the river beds by volunteers and some members of the Civilian Joint Task Force.

Addressing newsmen in Bama during the burial, Gujja explained that the corpses could not be retrieved from the flowing river immediately after the killings because of insecurity in Bama.

He said the corpses were floating on the river for so long while some laid on the river beds for over a year.

The LG chairman stated that some volunteers and members of CJTF exhumed the remains of the 81 victims.

He lamented that the insurgents dumped several bodies of residents in two cement wells in three wards of Bama.

Gujja said the affected wells had been sealed up while their environs had been fumigated to prevent further outbreak of air and water-borne diseases in the town.

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