Jakana Village in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State was on Monday night attacked by gunmen believed to be members of the Boko Haram.
Jakana is 36km away from Maiduguri, the state capital, and about 20km from Mainok, the village where 39 people were massacred by the Boko Haram on Saturday.
Details are still sketchy, but reports reaching us state that, the attack lasted till about 3 am.
The Borno State Police confirmed the incident but said there were no details yet.
This attack came just 24 hours after 32 people were killed in Mafa, Borno State by the Boko Haram sect.
According to villagers in Mafa, they had been forewarned of the attack via leaflets dropped around the village by Boko Haram members and many of them fled their homes about a week ago.
The Senator representing Borno Central, Ahmed Zannah, said the gunmen not only massacred the hapless villagers, but also razed down the entire village.
Mr. Zannah told journalists on Monday that two police officers died in a bomb explosion targeted at an Armoured Personnel Carrier while they were trying to evacuate injured victims.
“I have officially received a detailed report from my constituents in Mafa that 29 people among which was a woman died during the attack. Two policemen also died this morning as they went to evacuate injured people,” the senator said on Monday.
The chairman of Mafa Local Government Area, Abubakar Zulum, said the loss suffered by the people, apart from the 32 lives lost, were worth billions of Naira