There was a mild drama in
Maiduguri on Thursday when an
11-year-old girl grabbed the
collar of a local scent (Turare)
vendor, accusing him of being
among those who slaughtered
her father and mother in the
dead of the night about nine
months ago.
Witnesses said the 11-year-old
girl who was hawking sachet
water at the Gamboru area of
Maiduguri metropolis, sighted
the man, believed to be in his
early 30s, and immediately
recognised his face as the man
who, in company of four others,
attacked her family.
“As soon as she saw the scent
seller at the Gamboru Market, the
young girl threw away her
sachet water container,
screamed, ran fast and grabbed
him by the collar, shouting in
Hausa ‘this is him...he is the one
who killed my mother. He is the
one who slaughtered my
father...help me to catch him,” a
witness told Weekly Trust.
Traders said the man could not
runaway because of the large
crowd that mobilized to the
scene. He was, however, saved
from being lynched as the police
arrived and whisked him to a
nearby police station.
“The girl vividly recollected what
happened on the night her
parents were killed. She told us
that the local scent seller
together with four others
stormed her family’s residence,”
another trader said.
In a related development, six
suspected Boko Haram members
were captured in Maiduguri.
Some youths had trailed and
arrested four in Mairi area along
Bama road and two others at the
Post Office area.
In the last two weeks, dozens of
insurgents had been captured by
vigilante groups formed by
young men in Maiduguri who
vowed to end killings by the sect
members in Borno State

What a courageous young girl! I pray justice prevail.