Dozens of people who were killed in the village in the state of Borno, Nigeria Boko Haram News

Darol Jami resident says that the army has been warned for three days against the Boko Haram crowd near the village, but he did nothing.

The fighters slaughtered at least 55 people in an attack on a village in the state of Borno in northeastern Nigeria, where people recently returned after years of displacement.

The residents of Darol Gama, who is located near the border with Cameroon, said that the raid took place on Friday night and believes that the fighters from Boko Haram arrived in motorcycles, fired randomly and setting up homes.

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Accounts differ on the number of deaths. Papagana Ibrahim, the commander of the government’s alignment militia, told the news agency to Agence France Presse that 55 people were killed, including six soldiers.

The traditional head of Darol Gama, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters that 70 bodies were recovered by Saturday morning and more residents are still missing in the surrounding bush.

“They went home, killed men and left women behind. Almost every family is affected,” he told the agency, adding that more than 20 homes and 10 buses were destroyed.

The Nigerian army said that it has risen operations in the state of Borno in recent months to try to contain militias and fighters from Boko Haram and its stricken group, ISIL (ISWAP).

It is believed that the area is under the control of the Boko Haram commander, Ali Ngwouli, according to Agence France -Presse, who was quoted as saying that he had led the attack.

Resident Papagana Mala, who fled with the soldiers to the city of Bama, said 46 km (29 miles), that the army had been warned for three days from the Boko Haram gathering near the village, but no reinforcements were sent.

“They overwhelmed the soldiers who fled with us to Bama,” he said.

It is known that many of the victims were recently transferred from the government high school displacement camp in Bama, which the authorities closed this year.

“The government told us that we will be safe here,” said Haji Fati, a mother of five members who lost her brother in the attack. “Now we are burying our people again.”

The attack raises questions about Nigeria’s push in recent years to close the camps to displace and return them to the countryside.

Boko Haram has launched a bloody battle to create a caliphate in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, killing about 40,000 people and forcing more than two million people to flee their homes.

ISWAP division of the group in 2016.

According to the ruler of the governance of government, non -profit organizations witnessed the first six months of 2025 a return to activity from armed groups. I drew about 300 attacks – especially from ISWAP – which killed about 500 civilians.