Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 people in Yobe State who were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies, a local official and a victim's relative said on Monday.
"The men, 21 of them, were stopped at Bultaram village by gunmen we believe are Boko Haram members who shot them dead," said Baba Nuhu, an official with the Gujba Local Government Area in the state.
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