– Fresh attacks –
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen meanwhile stormed a Christian village in northeaster Adamawa state on Sunday, killing 20 residents, a local government spokesman said.
The attack in Waga by heavily armed fighters on trucks and motorcycles bore all the hallmarks of a Boko Haram attack and came after at least 24 people were killed in a similar strike on Kamuya village in neighbouring Borno.
Multiple raids in Borno last week, including two near the missing girls’ hometown of Chibok, left more than 80 people dead. READ: Fears of wider Boko Haram violence in Nigeria after Jos bombing.
The wave of attacks cement the view that the group can strike seemingly at will, encountering little or no resistance from the military.
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states have all been under a state of emergency since May last year. Special powers were extended for a further six months last week.
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