Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 20 in northeast Nigeria attacks

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Suspected Boko Haram militants riding motorbikes stormed two villages in northeast Nigeria, killing at ‌least 20 people, a local official said on Wednesday.

The assaults are part of a surge by Boko Haram and its Islamic State splinter ISWAP, who have stepped ⁠up deadly attacks on military bases and villages in Nigeria's insurgency-hit northeast.

The gunmen raided the villages of Pubagu and Mayo-Ladde in the states of Borno and neighbouring Adamawa, respectively, on Tuesday afternoon after overwhelming local vigilantes, said Mada Saidu, chairman of Askira-Uba district, ‌where ⁠one of the attacks occurred.

At least 11 people were killed in Pubagu and nine in Mayo-Ladde. Homes and shops were torched and food ⁠supplies looted, Saidu said.

Islamist militants have waged a 17-year insurgency seeking to carve out an Islamic state ⁠in northeast Nigeria, killing thousands and displacing at least 2 million people, aid ⁠groups say, despite major military campaigns to root them out.

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