{"id":10686,"date":"2026-03-01T16:48:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=10686"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:49:27","slug":"boko-haram-insurgents-reportedly-attack-borgu-kill-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/03\/01\/boko-haram-insurgents-reportedly-attack-borgu-kill-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram insurgents reportedly attack Borgu, kill 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>At least 15 civilians have been killed following a coordinated attack by the Sadiku faction of Boko Haram on three villages in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\">\n<div class=\"JC-WIDGET-DMROOT\" data-widget-id=\"a294226aacc9140b01ca0c5d86fe7701\" data-observe=\"true\" data-load=\"true\" data-id=\"1772383367193\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The development was disclosed by security analyst Bakatsine, who shared details via his x handle.<\/p>\n<p>The assault, which occurred late Saturday night, reportedly targeted Tashan Maje, Saduro, and Runtuwa communities, all under Malale Ward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\">\n<div class=\"JC-WIDGET-DMROOT\" data-widget-id=\"a294226aacc9140b01ca0c5d86fe7701\" data-observe=\"true\" data-load=\"true\" data-id=\"1772383367197\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to local sources, the armed men stormed the villages and opened fire on residents, causing panic and chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Community members said the attackers operated for an extended period, shooting sporadically to disperse villagers before retreating from the area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\">\n<div class=\"JC-WIDGET-DMROOT\" data-widget-id=\"a294226aacc9140b01ca0c5d86fe7701\" data-observe=\"true\" data-load=\"true\" data-id=\"1772383367195\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several others were reportedly injured in the attack, while many residents fled to neighbouring communities in search of safety.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are yet to issue an official statement on the incident as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mvp-cont-read-wrap\">\n<div id=\"mvp-related-posts\" class=\"left relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 15 civilians have been killed following a coordinated attack by the Sadiku faction of Boko Haram on three villages in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The development was disclosed by&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10688,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10686\/revisions\/10688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}