A widow from Gwoza, Borno state, narrated how
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had
invaded the town last year declaring himself the
“Amir of Gwoza”.
Balaraba Aliyu Abacha described to Daily Trust
on May 30, Sunday, how the sect had invaded
her home in August 2014 and forced the
occupants to leave the compound, saying the
new “Amir’’ would soon occupy it.
They warned Balaraba against returning to the
house adding that whoever misbehaved would
be taken to Sambisa Forest.
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The woman said that Shekau and his armed
men had stormed their compound with a convoy
of at least 50 cars.
Shocked Balaraba went to her father’s home,
where she fainted and spent four days in a
coma. She further narrated how her husband,
who later came into the house to see her, was
escaping from the militants as they searched for
males.
“My husband attempted to scale over the fence
of the house to safety when he fell and had a
fracture on his leg.”
Despite attempts to save her spouse’s life, the
insurgents shot him dead on August 9, 2014.
The fighters also threatened to kill Balaraba’s
aged mother when she requested white cloth to
cover the bodies of the deceased.
Left alone with a 14-year-old daughter and an
elderly mother, the woman had to run away
from Gwoza, for Madagali, Adamawa state,
where they spent four days.
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Women
Balaraba and her family moved to several
places after that. Their lives were in danger in
all of them. In Damaturu, Yobe state, affected by
mass kidnappings of females, she suggested
going to Kaduna, to her sister’s place.
Balaraba disclosed that after Muhammadu
Buhari’s victory many displaced people
returned to their former camps hoping for
infrastructure rebuilding.
She lamented that the militants had
destroyed most parts of Gwoza town before
the troops flushed them out.
Meanwhile Boko Haram seems to have posed
the first challenge to the new government. The
insurgents yesterday attacked Maiduguri
through Malari village killing many people.
Around 3.30pm of the same day suspected Boko
Haram insurgents detonated a bomb in a
Maiduguri mosque, reportedly killing from 10 to
26 people. www.naij.com/449955-gwoza-victim-narrates-how-shekau-occupied-her-house.html

Brb

Any tin dat happens in I s l a m a b a d stays in I s l a m a b a d

I continue seeing this shecow as a coward until he starts attacking politicians and leaves civilians alone.

Death to Shekau.

dem say dem say

I ll support Buhari the day he captures Shekau alive

nzeobi:
I continue seeing this shecow as a coward until he starts attacking politicians and leaves civilians alone.

And you think politicians are going to make it easy for him go get to them easily.

I believe in buhari. He's going to go right.

Incase you see it there let me know

Lol

Sad. The cow above me has been sniffing too much shit in the grass.

san316:
Sad. The cow above me has been sniffing too much shit in the grass.

he took too much wet weed