KANO (AFP) – Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday
stormed a college dormitory in Nigeria’s conflict-
scarred northeast, firing on students as they slept, the
military told AFP, in the latest such attack blamed on
the Islamist insurgents. Security forces were at the scene but details on the
number of dead and injured were not yet available,
area military spokesman Lazarus Eli said. The early morning assault targeted the College of
Agriculture in the town of Gujba in Yobe state, Eli said. It was carried out by “Boko Haram terrorists who
went into the school and opened fire on students,”
while they were sleeping, he added. A police source, who requested anonymity, told AFP
that initial reports indicated the death toll could be
high but he was not prepared to discuss figures. Gujba is roughly 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the
state capital of Damaturu. Yobe has seen a series of brutal attacks targeting
students in recent months, all blamed on Boko Haram. The worst occurred in July in the town of Mamudo,
where the Islamists threw explosives and sprayed
gunfire into dormitories in the middle of the night,
killing 41 students. The name Boko Haram means ‘Western education is
forbidden’ and the group has repeatedly attacked
schools, universities and colleges during its four-year
insurgency. The military has described the spate of recent school
attacks as a sign of desperation by the Islamists,
claiming they only have the capacity to hit soft targets. The defence ministry has said that an offensive
launched against Boko Haram in mid-May has
decimated the group and scattered their fighters
across remote parts of the northeast. While many of the recent attacks have occurred in
more remote areas, often targeting defenceless
civilians, the unchecked killing has cast doubt on the
success of the military’s campaign. The northeast remains under a state of emergency
imposed on May 14. Scores have been killed this month, including in the
northeastern town of Benisheik in Borno state, where
at least 142 people were slaughtered by presumed
Boko Haram fighters who came disguised as soldiers,
set up checkpoints and fired on motorists and
bystanders. Some of the recent violence has targeted vigilante
groups which have formed to help the military. Boko Haram has said it is fighting to create an Islamic
state in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north, but the group is
believed to made up of different factions with varying
aims. A toll earlier this year said the conflict is estimated to
have cost more than 3,600 lives, including killings by
the security forces. The current figure is likely much
higher. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and top oil
producer


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Your end is coming bh

Islam is good, but Islamist are evils/devil..religion of pisssss.
And some people would still have a reason to celebrate independence(naija@53).
May God help us and may there soul rest in peace.