Brief – A hunter who was shot in the hand by insurgents is receiving treatment in hospital.

He was part of a group of men who left Kayamla village in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday morning, November 14, to go hunting. Villagers became anxious when they had not returned by evening.

A resident, who asked to remain anonymous, told RNI reporter Aisha Jamal that the hunters’ car broke down in the middle of the bush. They went to hunt but, when they returned to the car in the evening, members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), better known as Boko Haram, opened fire on them, wounding one hunter’s hand.

Bulama Ali, a spokesman from the Borno State hunters’ association, said they had been attacked many times by insurgents. He begged the government to provide vehicles and arms for the hunters. “It’s the only way we will be able to help bring peace to the area.”

 AISHA SD JAMAL