Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have set three trucks transporting fish ablaze at Mile-forty in Magumeri Local Government Area, Borno State.
The attack occurred around 1:00 pm on Thursday, with drivers escaping unharmed but losing their vehicles.
The attackers reportedly stopped the vehicles and set them on fire.
“Thank God that all the drivers escaped but the three vehicles: two Peugeot J5 and a school bus loaded with fish were burnt down,” said a security source.
One of the drivers, who doesnt want to be quoted while narrating his ordeal said: “We parked the vehicles and ran into the bush. Thank God we all made it alive but I watched helplessly as the only means of my livelihood got burnt to ashes. Tell the government to do something on that road.
“Before, they used to abduct people and demand ransom from families, but they frequently intercept vehicles these days to loot and burn them down,” he said.
The driver again appealed to the federal government and security agencies to deploy more troops along the route to safeguard commuters and traders.
The latest attack comes days after a similar incident on February 10, 2026, when insurgents intercepted four trailers conveying cows from Monguno to Maiduguri.
