Borno State suffered another heavy hit from Boko Haram fighters on Saturday, which left four people dead.
It was gathered that the casualties were among the five people abducted by the insurgents at Njimtilo, where they stole food items.
The insurgents later shot them dead, leaving the fifth abductee, Abdullahi Kabir, with gunshot wounds.
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Speaking on the incident, Prophet Sunday Solomon, founder of Bethel Assembly International, Maiduguri, said the insurgents stormed the compound where he resided at Njimtilo at about 12.25am.
According to him, when he heard some footsteps within the compound, he thought the gate was not locked and he came out to lock it.
But to his surprise, a strange man pointed a gun at him and was calling on others to come in.
Solomon said he took the initiative and lunged at him and quickly headed for his door. He said the attacker fired at him and it was a miracle that the bullets did not hit him.
He said they later came into his residence and took food items from the kitchen and mobile phones from the living room.
The cleric said he was surprised that they were not able to see him and his family where they hid in one of the toilets in his apartment.
Residents said the insurgents later lined up five men about seven kilometres away from their home and shot them dead, with Kabir lucky to be alive.
The Head of Operations, Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Bello Dambatta, said four persons were deposited at the morgue following the attack in Njimtilo by one of the ambulances of the agency.
He said one person was critically injured and admitted to the Specialist Hospital.