article_snippet: Njaba village lies about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
article_snippet: Karimu Lawani, who escaped to Maiduguri after hiding with eight other people behind the barn of a neighbor, said The attackers came into Njaba village at around 5 a.m.
article_snippet: Lawani and other survivors counted the victims of the massacre before leaving Njaba village some hours later.
article_snippet: I only got information of the attack last night," said a civilian vigilante from Njaba who asked not to be named.
article_snippet: a civilian vigilante from Njaba who asked not to be named said his father was among those killed.
article_snippet: a civilian vigilante from Njaba who asked not to be named said a civilian vigilante from Njaba who asked not to be named left Njaba for Maiduguri in June to join others fighting against the Islamist radical group.
article_snippet: a civilian vigilante from Njaba who asked not to be named said a civilian vigilante from Njaba who asked not to be named believes the attackers came from Gwoza -- a town on Nigeria's mountainous border with Cameroon that Boko Haram seized last June -- because Njaba "lies on the route to Gwoza from Maiduguri.