Musa Bukar, chairman of Kukawa local government where Baga is located, claimed that more than 2,000 people were killed in the attacks, but he could not explain how he arrived at that toll.
Bodies of residents killed by the militants litter the bushes in the area, he said.
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The Islamist group — considered one of the world’s most deadly terrorist organizations — has said its aim is to impose a stricter enforcement of Sharia law across Nigeria, which is split between a majority Muslim north and a mostly Christian south.
