KANO, Nigeria - Boko Haram gunmen have killed three people and abducted seven women in a raid on a northeast Nigerian district previously declared safe by the military, a local official said on Tuesday. Dozens of Islamist fighters late on Saturday stormed a village in the Madagali district of Adamawa, which the defence ministry said had been cleared of insurgents in March. They looted food supplies and also left 13 people injured, he told AFP. Madagali fell under Boko Haram control last August, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes.
After the military liberated the area two months ago, those displaced began to trickle home but Ularamu said the latest violence forced civilians to flee again.
The fresh attack also underscored the persisting threat posed by Boko Haram despite apparent successes recorded by the military in a major offensive launched in February.