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65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Nobody: 7:21pm On May 18, 2013 |
** 24-hour curfew in Maiduguri as military intensifies raid May 18, 2013 | 5:24 pm KANO – The military on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as it pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists that has sent residents fleeing the region. Locals in a remote insurgent stronghold near the border with Cameroon have begun fleeing their homes after military fighter jets and helicopters carried out air strikes on Islamist camps. Nigeria launched the sweeping operation against Boko Haram this week, deploying several thousand troops across three states where President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency after the Islamists seized territory and chased out the government. The group, which has said it is fighting to create an Islamic Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north, has carried outscores of attacks in recent years, and has become emboldened and better armed in recent months. The military said dozens of insurgents have been killed in the offensive targeting all three states put under emergency decree, including Adamawa and Yobe, but Boko Haram’s traditional base of Borno is expected to see the most bloodshed. Borno state military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa in a statement listed 12 neighbourhoods in the city of Maiduguri where a “24-hour curfew” was being imposed. In a separate release, the military said it had arrested 65 suspected Boko Haram members who were trying toenter Maiduguri after fleeing aerial bombardments elsewhere. In the Marte district of Borno,some residents were fleeing east towards a town on the Cameroon border, 42 kilometres away (26 miles). “It has been scary in the pastthree days,” said Buba Yawuri, whose home is in the town of Kwalaram in Marte but who has fled to the border town Gomboru Ngala. “Fighter jets and helicopters kept hovering in the sky and we kept hearing huge explosions from afar,” he told AFP. He said that as the air assaults began, the security forces told all residents to stay indoors, cutting off his family’s access to food and water. “I couldn’t hold on any longer. I took the bush path”and reached Gomboru Ngala early Saturday, he said. Shafi’u Breima, a resident of Gomboru Ngala, told AFP thatthe border town is receiving a continuous flow of people arriving from Marte and neighbouring areas. The phone network in Borno state has all but collapsed since the emergency measures were imposed but residents in Gomboru Ngala use phone services from Cameroon and have been sporadically reachable. The remote, thinly populated region has porous borders where criminal groups and weapons have flowed freely for years. The military has sealed previously unguarded crossings to block Boko Haram fighters from fleeing during the offensive. The military campaign could prove to be the biggest ever against Boko Haram and is believed to be the first time Nigeria has carried out air strikes within its own territory in more than 25 years. Aerial support was believed to have been used against rioters in the north in the early 1980s. Many have warned that there is a risk of high civilian deaths and Nigeria’s military has been accused of massive rights violations in the past, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians. US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that he was “deeply concerned about thefighting in northeastern Nigeria” and urged the security forces to “apply disciplined use of force in all operations.” There are also doubts as to whether the insurgency can be crushed by force, amid concern that the militants will scatter and re-emerge when the offensive eases. Nigeria has been urged by various camps to tackle the root social causes of the conflict, including acute poverty and excessive government corruption which has helped radicalise many young Muslims in the north. The conflict is estimated to have cost 3,600 lives since 2009, including killings by the security forces http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/boko-haram-24-hour-curfew-in-maiduguri-as-military-intensifies-raid/ |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by ebucha: 7:55pm On May 18, 2013 |
Are they not interested in the fictitious 72 virgins any more? 22 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Burger01(m): 8:05pm On May 18, 2013 |
ebucha: Are they not interested in the fictitious 72 virgins any more? 6 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by mike404(m): 8:08pm On May 18, 2013 |
ebucha: Are they not interested in the fictitious 72 virgins any more?Wherey 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Nobody: 8:11pm On May 18, 2013 |
Boko Idiots!! 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Tolexander: 8:12pm On May 18, 2013 |
the militaryso these people will rather commit suicide than to die! Oh what an anti-Patient Jonathan they are! 10 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Acidosis(m): 8:13pm On May 18, 2013 |
hahahahahahaahaahaha....so these small small boys are weak... see as dem dey run like bush pig 13 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by tempest01(m): 8:14pm On May 18, 2013 |
Boko are rams 51 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by mmmustapha(m): 8:14pm On May 18, 2013 |
Hopely it will not affect innocent lives 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by sirugos(m): 8:14pm On May 18, 2013 |
Copy and paste jounalist... 2 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by kirian202: 8:14pm On May 18, 2013 |
Omo see race. Una no want virgin again abi una don run out of virgin in heaven. Lai lai dat one no go happen una MUST finish dis war. Na now dis war film come dey sweet me after I go buy popcorn credit make I relax enjoy de only season film Wey come out from naija na him una wan run. Dat one no go happen abeg next episode joor!!! 17 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Sibrah: 8:15pm On May 18, 2013 |
They should thank their stars JTF didn't present only 6.5 of them alive and the rest dead. 3 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by okosodo: 8:15pm On May 18, 2013 |
The jtf should carry on. We need material support from isreal and america 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Nobody: 8:16pm On May 18, 2013 |
I think they should accept the amnesty right away and the government should consider forgiving them because they are humans like us. 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by jintex(m): 8:16pm On May 18, 2013 |
fire on the mountain........!!!! this is what i call "when chicken mess.........." |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by 5sigma(m): 8:17pm On May 18, 2013 |
I'm just thinking that if civillians could flee via a bush path to safety, the insurgents may well do same. This is guerilla warfare, the enemy wears no uniforms. Kudos to the military tho. 5 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Nobody: 8:17pm On May 18, 2013 |
So these kids are weaklins afta all? Hey Boys, Finish dem make i put una beer 4 freezer jare 3 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by toluxa1(m): 8:17pm On May 18, 2013 |
I no like the way dem dey arrest them o. Please eliminate them. We don't want these murderers in our prisons 4 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Nobody: 8:18pm On May 18, 2013 |
Have they exhausted the virgins in Islamic heaven? 2 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by perryant: 8:19pm On May 18, 2013 |
dem nor get were dem dey run dey go ooo Acidosis: hahahahahahaahaahaha....so these small small boys are weak... |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Ericnmor: 8:20pm On May 18, 2013 |
They should come out na, God punish dam. Pls no northern should complain ooo,becos wen they were kill pipo, the northerns kept quite.GEJ na man u be, 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by qualified(f): 8:20pm On May 18, 2013 |
Why were they running? Is d jihad over? Or shortage of virgins in their 'heaven'? Seriously, JTF shld stop arresting them, its a waste of time. Js do d clearing n leveling and come back. |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Nobody: 8:21pm On May 18, 2013 |
Nice one! What are they going to do with them? There is no MAX in Nigeria. So it is better the government start to construct MAX prisons for these barbaric human beings. |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by seaman007: 8:21pm On May 18, 2013 |
Singing in a music tone They don dey go one by one They don dey go one by one They don dey go one by one Won ti e le. Nonsence I can hear boko haram regreting saying Shebi we for accept amnesty 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by mitey(m): 8:22pm On May 18, 2013 |
[size=18pt]Pictures Please![/size] |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by instaforexngr(m): 8:24pm On May 18, 2013 |
Smoke them out, Hunt them down and Level the place. Up Nigeria Military 4 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Nobody: 8:25pm On May 18, 2013 |
No arrest please, gun them down. That was the order from Oga at the top 1 Like |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by qualified(f): 8:26pm On May 18, 2013 |
mitey: [size=16pt]Pictures Please[/size] pictures? I dont wan to ask if u are okay. This is politics section, not cartoon. U wan someone to snap a battle n post for u? D person no value e life abi? 3 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by Gboliwe: 8:26pm On May 18, 2013 |
Sixty what? Why are they being arrested? Why werent they shot instantly? They want to fill up the prisons again and still organise a jail break. God help us 2 Likes |
Re: 65 Fleeing Boko-Haram Members Arrested In Borno by kadree(m): 8:28pm On May 18, 2013 |
ebucha: Are they not interested in the fictitious 72 virgins any more?Ħw does dis shape d topic on d positive side? Enough of dis 72 whatever.something more pleasing to d eyes n mind would b more appreciated. @d topic.in as much as I support dis guyz on d field to be ferrocious in dealing with dis misguided entities,I imploy dem to kindly trade wit care so as to avoid high civilian casualities.One Nigeria! 4 Likes |
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