(BREAKING) Borno killings: Senate directs Army to set up base in Auno

BREAKING: Senate directs Army to set up base in Auno over killings

The Senate on Thursday condemned the massacre of over 30 travellers in Auno town near Maiduguri on Sunday.

The travellers who could not enter Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, due to the curfew imposed on the city by the Army, decided to take refuge in Auno but the Boko Haram terrorists invaded the town and burnt over 30 people who were sleeping in their vehicles. A former governor of the state, who is now representing Borno Central Senatorial District, in the National Assembly, Senator Kashim Shettima, moved a motion disapproving of the incident on Thursday.The Senate, therefore, condemned the attack and asked the authorities of the Nigerian Army to immediately set up a camp in the town to protect travellers that may be caught up in the curfew.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , was in Maiduguri on Wednesday to commiserate with the victims of the attack but was booed by the residents.

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