Survivors of an assault
by militants that killed a large
number of civilians in Nigeria have
described days of relentless violence
in which, one witness said, some
people were slaughtered "like
insects."
The accounts were given by villagers who fled the carnage in and around Baga, a town in Borno state that lies in the northeastern corner of Nigeria near the border with Chad. The killing unfolded over several days after Boko Haram fighters seized a key military
base there on January 3. Amnesty International has said there
are reports that the death toll could
be as high as 2 000, though some
witnesses cite lower tolls in the
hundreds.

Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said Monday that the evidence available so far indicates a death toll of no more than 150, including insurgents killed in combat with troops. The military has said 14
soldiers were killed and 30 were
wounded in the Baga attack, and that it was making a plan to restore "law, order and normalcy" to the area.

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon as well as
the United States and other countries have condemned the Baga bloodshed, which highlights the increasingly brazen tactics of an
insurgent movement in Nigeria's
northeast as well as the inability of
Nigerian forces to respond effectively.

President Goodluck Jonathan is
running for re-election in February 14 elections, but it is uncertain how
voting can proceed in areas under
Boko Haram's sway.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the
U.S. still was trying to get
information from the ground on
reported atrocities. She said Nigeria needed to move forward with "credible and peaceful
elections" despite the attacks, but
acknowledged it would be difficult.
"Boko Haram is a huge threat," Harf
said. She said the U.S. was trying to
work with Nigeria despite the
government's termination in
November of a third phase of a
training operation involving a
Nigerian army battalion. She also condemned "horrific reports
today of young girls being used to
conduct suicide attacks." Boko Haram is suspected of using a
10-year-old girl to detonate a bomb
at a market in Maiduguri on
Saturday, killing at least 10 people
and seriously injuring others. The
bomb exploded after explosives were found under the girl's clothing during a search, according to witness accounts.

Insurgents have also been implicatedvin deadly bombings in Potiskum in northern Yobe state, which is adjacent to Borno. One bomb targeted a police building.

One survivor of the Baga violence,
Ibrahim Gambo, estimated that more than 500 people may have died and said he did not know what happened to his wife and daughter. The 25-year-old truck driver said he was part of a civilian militia that, bolstered by a belief that its fighters were protected from bullets by a magicalvcharm, initially had success in resisting Boko Haram insurgents. But the army told his militia group to pull back so a military plane could attack Boko Haram forces, which then surrounded Baga when the plane
didn't arrive, Gambo said in an
interview with The Associated Press.

"It is sad that our fortification charm
became ineffective once we showed
fear," Gambo said. "As we were running for our lives, we came across many corpses; both
men and women, and even children," he said. Some had gunshot wounds in the head and some had their legs bound and hands tied behind their
backs, he said.

Yahaya Takakumi, a 55-year-old
farmer, told Nigeria's Premium Times that he escaped from Baga with one of his wives, but does not know the whereabouts of four of his children, his second wife and his elder brother. "We saw dead bodies especially, on the islands of Lake Chad where fishermen had settled," the newspaper quoted Takakumi as
saying. "Several persons were killed
there like insects."

Boko Haram fighters opened fire on
vessels carrying fleeing residents,
Takakumi said. He and other
survivors fled to Maiduguri, the
capital of Borno state.

Source: m.news24.com/nigeria/National/News/Survivors-of-militant-attack-describe-killings-20150113

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Ok, I think officially now, one cannot say book haram is with either APC, or PDP, and one cannot say they are fighting for any religion, say, Islam.
I mean, these people are different bred; probably from animals. They are riddled with madness with no focus but mission to just kill. First, it was Islam, then it was a party, now, even Christians and Muslims were are attacked and killed. What the fucck for?

SLIDEwaxie:
Ok, I think officially now, one cannot say book haram is with either APC, or PDP, and one cannot say they are fighting for any religion, say, Islam.
I mean, these people are different bred; probably from animals. They are riddled with madness with no focus but mission to just kill. First, it was Islam, then it was a party, now, even Christians and Muslims were are attacked and killed. What the fucck for?

Boko haram has international dimensions to it; it has gone beyond APC, PDP things but unfortunately, people see their activities as an avenue for campaign.

Recently they have been trying to destroy Cameroun.