Based on eyewitnesses account, the travellers were beheaded with their heads placed on the lifeless bodies on the key road.
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In a related incident, gunmen also brutally attacked and slit the throats of 4 people on Saturday in the exact same village. The victims were reportedly time for Maiduguri in the evening.
Makintamari is a few kilometers from Benishek where over 100 travelers were murdered yesterday by suspected Boko Haram sect members.
Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam appealed to Goodluck Jonathan, saying:
“We call on Mr. President and all of the security chiefs, to intensify security operations through aerial surveillance, to contain the situation before it consumes the region and country.
“On our way from Maiduguri to Damaturu this afternoon (Sunday), we saw a trailer and bus which were burnt, with the occupants slaughtered and their corpses littering the highway.
“Government should rise around its responsibilities to save lots of the lives and properties of its citizens.”The governor also added that anyone travelling on the Damaturu to Maiduguri highway, was having a huge risk.
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