August 01, 2013 at 3:24 am in News
By AbdulSalam Muhammad & NDAHI MARAMA
MAIDUGURI — Eight persons, including a lecturer atthe College of Education, Waka, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State (names withheld) were, yesterday, slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram members.
They were suspected to have invaded the town after escaping from their camps in Sambisa and other camps in Borno and Yobe states, during the military raid.
It was learnt that the killing took place around the popular Kadafur Cinema area and other wards where a lecturer at the Waka College of Education,who was also an Islamic cleric, three members of afamily and four others were slaughtered.
Meanwhile, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Kano is considering floating a civilian JTF outfit to complement efforts by security agents to police Sabon Gari, a predominantly Christian quarters thathad witnessed terrorist attack recently.
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Briefing journalists in Kano, Chairman, Kano chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Tobias Idika, explained that the option had become “very viablein the light of increased activities of terrorists in the densely populated quarters.
Idika said that the “option of taking up our collective security through civilian JTF, is long overdue to set an example on how members of theguest community can best come together to confront a national question threatening the fabricof the nation.
“Residents of Sabon Gari have been the target of attacks by the extremist group since they struck January 20, 2012.
“The motor park bombing last March, with its attendant devastation, is still fresh in our mind andthe question left unanswered is ‘for how long would members of the guest community continue to lose its productive population?”
Borno Dep Gov reacts
Last Tuesday, Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, who is also from Biu Local Government Area in an interview with newsmen inMaiduguri, lamented the increasing killing of innocent people in Biu.
He said the state government was not interested in the restoration of GSM network in the state for now as doing so will jeopardise the relative peace being enjoyed in the state.
A reliable source, who just arrived Maiduguri from the troubled town, said: “Biu is no longer safe. There were pockets of killings by suspected Boko Haram sect in the last few days.
“In fact, most of the killings were targeted at school teachers and Islamic clerics, and the most unfortunate thing is that the terrorists have devised a means of using knives to slaughter their targets, as using gunshots will attract security agencies.”
It was gathered that military task force has been deployed to the streets of the town to ensure safety of lives and property, even as some volunteered youths have offered to assist the security agencies in apprehending those perpetrating such act.
JTF spokesman, Lt-Col Sagir Musa, could not be reached at time due to lack of telecommunication services in the area.
Source:Vanguard

They promised to make Nigeria ungovernable... Abeg make una follow me beg them to sheath their swords... Nigerians are really suffering and economic growth in the North is on the decline..

Boko Boyz again...but how long ll this guyz keep killing innocent Nigerians? I weep for my Nation. RIP to the dead.