Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram on
Thursday killed a top aide of the Borno State governor,
Kashim Shettima, in an attack along Maiduguri-Biu Road that
left eight others dead, witnesses said.
The gunmen, who attacked at Bulabulin-Ngabura Village,
50km from Maiduguri, also abducted a family of five
(husband, wife and three children) who were on their way to
Biu.
A cab driver plying Biu and Maiduguri route confirmed to
PREMIUM TIMES in Maiduguri that the attack took place at
about 11 a.m. when the gunmen in their dozens took over the
highway and operated for hours before they left the scene.
“We could not move along the highway for several hours
because of the attack. And by the time we were told the road
was safe to continue our journey, we saw corpses of nine
persons including that of an adviser in the Borno State
government, Muhammed Sani, who is popularly known as ‘A.
Bange’,” said the driver who spoke under anonymity.
“We also saw the Peugeot 406 vehicle of the man who was
kidnapped along with his wife and three children. We had to
get help to tow the vehicle to Biu. I saw the passport
photograph of the abducted man and people said he hails from
Miringa town of Biu local government,” said the cab driver.
Sources in Government House, Maiduguri, confirmed the
death of ‘A.Bange’, who was last seen at the Government
House few hours before he embarked on the Thursday
journey with two others. The state government is yet to react
to the killing.
The spokesperson of the Joint Task Force, JTF, Sagir Musa,
when contacted by journalists at the JTF headquarters on
Friday, did not react to the killing of A. Bange, but said that
soldiers under the newly formed military division had gunned
down at least 50 Boko Haram suspects in a counter attack that
took place in Damboa and Gajiram Villages where 15 persons
were killed on Wednesday.
Mr. Musa said, “Troops of Five Brigade of Seven Division
Nigerian Army in Monguno have effectively repelled Boko
Haram terrorists’ attacks on Gajiram and Bubulin Ngaura
communities in Nganzai and Konduga local government areas
of Borno State.
“Troops pursued the terrorists to their camps and destroyed
them with air support as many (as) 50 terrorists were killed in
the shootout. Subsequently, the communities (Gajiram and
Ngaura) have been rescued from the fangs of Boko Haram
terrorists. This information have been corroborated by many
eyewitness accounts,” he said.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike
Ihejierika, Friday commended the youth vigilante, commonly
called Civilian JTF, currently aiding the government in
arresting suspected terrorists in Borno
“I wish to commend the youth volunteers for their support in
fighting the insurgency. I also wish to commend the Shehu of
Borno and the entire people for their support and assistance,”
Mr. Ihejierika said.
Mr. Ihejierika who was in Maiduguri to inspect the
deployment of troops and equipment to the newly established
7th Division of Nigerian Army headquarters in Maiduguri, the
birth place of the Boko Haram insurgency, said he was
satisfied with the logistics so far deployed.
“I am impressed with the logistics and everything and I am
assuring that Army Headquarters and the Defence
Headquarters is appreciative of their work as it had been with
the JTF.
“I am very impressed with the conduct of the troops because
they had adhered to the rules of engagement, these soldiers
have really done us proud,” he said.
Since June this year, youth vigilante, armed with clubs and
sticks and other rudimentary weapons, have been helping
soldiers to arrest suspected Boko Haram members. More than
600 of the suspected terrorists are believed to have either been
killed or arrested through the efforts of the Civilian-JTF.
However, this has caused the terrorists to turn their guns of
the vigilantes, members of their families and communities. At
least 60 of the vigilantes have been killed by avenging Boko
Haram members.

Maybe after 2015 elections this killings will stop.
RIP to the dead.

Well done sons and followers of Muhammed. keep it up,72 virgins and rivers of wine await you.
Quran...Muhammad's Own Words: Qur'an:9:88 "The Messenger and those who believe with him, strive hard and fight with their wealth and lives in Allah's Cause." Qur'an:9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war." Qur'an:9:112 "The Believers fight in Allah's Cause, they slay and are slain, kill and are killed." Qur'an:9:29 "Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission." Ishaq:325 "Muslims, fight in Allah's Cause. Stand firm and you will prosper. Help the Prophet, obey him, give him your allegiance, and your religion will be victorious." Qur'an:8:39 "Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah." Qur'an:8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)." What a
religion..