From GBENGA ADESUYI, Ibadan

Uneasy calm pervaded Bodija market, in Ibadan and environs yesterday, as the corpses of 10 Beans traders allegedly killed by the dreaded Boko Haram arrived Ibadan from Mugunu, Borno State, where they had met their untimely death. The executive of the Bodija market union, at about 3pm, received the corpses at Egbeda tollgate.

The names of the victims, according to Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the market union, Mr. Akeem Emiola, were given as Seye Adegboyega, Jelili Popoola, Ojo Mosobalaje, Fatai Kareem and Femi Oyetunde.

Others were Ninalowo Saheed, Saburu Lanlehin, Lekan Oladokun, Sola Adeoye and Nurudeen Lawal. Emiola said two of the traders, Alhaji Ibrahim Ademola and Taoheed Azeez narrowly escaped being killed by the sect.

Four of the traders had been allegedly killed in similar circumstances on May 5. Majority of the latest victims were said to be apprentices serving their various masters. On sighting the corpses yesterday, the families of the victims, traders and symphatisers who had waited for several hours, wept uncontrollably, lamenting the pains the sect had caused the family of the victims.

On the conflicting report that the sect killed about 25 people, Emiola said: “We cannot confirm that. What we know is that 10 of our people were killed. May be it is true, we don’t know.” Taoheed Adewuyi (32), one of the survivors of the attack, told Daily Sun that God saved him from the attack

“They stopped us along the way and asked us to come down from the car and lie down. They thereafter, started shooting us one after the other. I was the third person. I was also shot, but the gunshot did not hit me well. I fainted. It was after an hour when I regained consciousness that I discovered that I was still alive, when trailer came to pick the dead bodies. When I stood up, they were surprised,” he said.

On why he was not killed, he said: “When one of them discovered that one of us was still breathing, he went into their car and took out a knife, with which he used to slaughter him. I almost cried out, but I cannot because they must not know I was alive. I laid on one of the dead.”

Babaloja of Oyo State, Chief Dauda Adisa Oladapo, while commenting on the ugly incident urged the Federal Government to take drastic measure on the Boko Haram issue. SOURCE- http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/agony-in-bodija-as-corpses-of-slain-traders-arrive/

so sad

Thank God for ur life.bt i tot d civilian jtf ar all over d place to tackle dis bh boiz.?? Rip to d death.

ZACHIE: so sad

This very evil. I hope Tinibu is aware of this development so that he will know how best to support Boko Haram supporters in 2015.