AFP/Kano
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 11 men overnight Friday in northeastern Nigeria, dragging them from their homes and shooting them for escaping forced conscription by their group, residents said.
"Boko Haram fighters killed 11 people in our village (Miringa) this morning. The men had fled Gwargware village in (neighbouring) Yobe state to seek refuge in our village after Boko Haram tried to force them to join their ranks," said resident Isa Mshelia.
Baballe Mohammed, another resident, said the gunmen came to the village around 1.30am on Friday.
They "picked 13 men from selected homes and took them to the Eid prayer ground outside the village where they opened fire on them," he said, adding two managed to escape.
"The victims were well targeted because they were all residents of Gwargware village... who fled to Miringa some months ago to escape forced conscription by Boko Haram."
The attack comes after Boko Haram militants gunned down at least 145 people Wednesday in three Borno villages, shooting Muslim worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan in the bloodiest day of attacks since new President Muhammadu Buhari came to power.
A young female suicide bomber also killed 12 worshippers Thursday when she blew herself up in a mosque in a Borno village, said a witness and a vigilante aiding the military against Boko Haram.
Buhari condemns attacks
Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday condemned a wave of Boko Haram attacks in the restive northeast that left at least 145 people dead, blasting them as "inhuman and barbaric."
In a statement, he was quoted as saying that the violence highlighted the need "to form a more effective international coalition against insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria and neighbouring countries."
