Residents Desert Gubio Town As Boko Haram Sends Threat Letter

Thousands of residents from Gubio town in Borno State yesterday fled
to Maiduguri, the state capital after suspected members of the Boko
Haram sect reportedly sent them a letter warning of an imminent
attack.
The fleeing residents, who arrived Maiduguri on lorries, vans and
trucks, were seen in their numbers heading towards the direction of
the Shehu of Borno's palace as well as towards the city centre.
One of the displaced residents, Fannami Abuwar, said "We have been
threatened with letter by the Boko Haram insurgents, saying that they
would attack us soon and we all have to flee for our lives having
heard of what happened to communities like Damasak and Malumfatori
where similar threat were made and carried out".
Confirming the development, a spokesman for the Vigilante Group in
Borno State, Muhammed Gava, said: "We were all disturbed by the
development because Gubio, though not too far away from Maiduguri, has
been very peaceful and calm all this while".
Meanwhile, there has been no official reaction to the situation from
officials of the state government and aid workers.
Gubio, which is about 96 kilometres away from Maiduguri, is an
agrarian town and headquarters of Gubio local government area.