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Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by sheyguy: 5:31am On Jun 19, 2012
"Boko haram will be over by June" so says GEJ and his army of suit and tie wearing deceptionist. It is clear now that Gej's penchant for unguide public utterances, is, to a great extent, responsible for provoking the BH sponsors he already knows.
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by zuchyblink(m): 6:46am On Jun 19, 2012
mr president is not worried because his people are not there(the ijaws)if una like make una kill una self there i no concine him.that is an african man 4 u
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by quazim(m): 7:56am On Jun 19, 2012
@Turbocharged:I repeat; des BH boys are neither a Mumeen nor ff d preaching of ISLAM.No where in d Quran or Hadith dat u shuld kil pple takless of innocent pple.Infact it is a BIG SIN even in war to kil Children,women,Old men talkles of innocent pple.ISLAM against d killin of pple. Be inform dat d word 'JIHAD' has been misinterpretd by many pple. All des pple cal demselfs Jihadist are not. D prophet Muhammed(S.A.W) never wage WAR against any tribe nor religious grp. Des guys are sponsored by grp of pple wit specific Agenda creating des tensions hiding under disguis of religious Crisis which is d only dey can achieve deir aim & can only be executed in d North.
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by rabzy01: 7:59am On Jun 19, 2012
Many people, including
civilians, attackers and
operatives of various security
agencies were feared killed
yesterday when over a dozen
high profile bombs exploded
and gunmen fired gunshots
for several hours in many
parts of Damaturu, the Yobe
State capital, witnesses said.
Residents said crisis erupted
around 5.00pm and
continued unabated, a
development that forced the
state capital to a standstill as
people scampered for safety
while thick smoke and raging
flames enveloped the skies.
According to witnesses, the
Joint Task Force (JTF) had
engaged the attackers
numbering over 100 in a gun
dwell into the night. One
report said the attackers
were heading for the private
residence of the state
governor, Alhaji Ibrahim
Gaidam, while another report
said they were heading for
the governor’s official
residence along Maiduguri
Road.
Commander of the JTF in
Yobe State, Colonel Dahiru
Abdulsalam, confirmed that
there was an attack in
Damaturu yesterday, but that
his men were on top of the
situation.
“We are on top of the
situation...We actually
arrested a member of the
Boko Haram who was about
planting an explosive
somewhere,” he said.
He said JTF operatives had
also discovered a hideout of
the sect members at a
primary school in Sabon
Fege. “We have mobilized our
men to the site,” he said.
No group claimed
responsibility as at press
time but the attacks mirrored
the pattern of onslaught
being perpetrated by
members of the Jama’atu
Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal
Jihad, also known as Boko
Haram.
Sources said yesterday’s
clamp down was sparked off
by the arrest of a suspected
member of the Boko Haram
earlier in the day in
Damaturu, who allegedly
died in custody of security
operatives.
It was also learnt from
reliable sources that about
25 members of the Boko
Haram sect were arrested at
Yindiski area in Potiskum,
120km away from the state
capital.
A source at the Sani Abacha
Specialist Hospital, Damaturu
confirmed that trouble
started at the hospital
around 5pm when some
soldiers took a suspected
member of the sect to the
hospital for treatment.
“He was brought to the
Accident and Emergency
section with some bullet
wounds for treatment. He
was alive when they brought
him. However, when we were
about treating him, we heard
endless gunshots behind the
perimeter fence of the
hospital. Some of the
soldiers mobilized to the
direction of the gunshots and
fired back while the
remaining soldiers took the
suspect away,” the source
said.
“It was from here that the
fighting escalated to many
parts of the city in what
looked like a series of
coordinated attacks,” the
source added.
Speaking in low voices, many
residents told Daily Trust by
phone that yesterday’s attack
may likely be more
devastating than the
November 4th, 2011
spontaneous attacks in
Damaturu which left many
people dead and reduced
many buildings and symbols
of authority to shreds.
Resident Maryam Ali said
there was fighting between
suspected gunmen and
operatives of the Joint Task
Force at Sabon Fegi area
where the private residence
of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam
is located.
Sounds of blasts and
gunshots soon manifested in
other areas, including
Nayinawa, Gwange, Gashua
Road, Ali Marami as well as
settlements in the western
and eastern bypass of
Damaturu.
“I am afraid to tell you that
the assailants have probably
attacked the governor’s
private house in Sabon Fegi,”
Mohammed Sani, a resident
of the area said, adding that
he saw a thick smoke from
the direction of the house
where Governor Gaidam
stays with his family.
Daily Trust also gathered
that a police outpost located
close to the governor’s
private residence was
destroyed by the ravaging
explosives of the gunmen.
The number of people killed
and those injured could not
be ascertained as at the time
of filing this report.
“It will not be possible to
bring any corpse now
because as I am talking to
you, sounds of gunshots still
rent the air and we have
many outpatients that have
been trapped here,” the
source at the hospital, who
spoke to our correspondent
around 9.20pm said.
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by rabzy01: 8:01am On Jun 19, 2012
Source: http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165374%3Aas-jtf-boko-haram-battle-ragesblasts-gunfire-rock-damaturu&catid=2%3Alead-stories&Itemid=8
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by amaba: 9:12am On Jun 19, 2012
Please let GEJ b. What are the northern governors, Buhari, emirs, religious & political leaders doing? Why is it only in the north and not other parts of Nigeria. Violent beings that are not willing to let GEJ rule.
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by amaba: 9:15am On Jun 19, 2012
El-Rufai is just a bloody, violent and sectional CPC (Boko Haram) member. Has he ever cautioned his (Boko Haram) to stop the bombing. Bloody hypocrite!!!
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by Boyoorisha: 9:24am On Jun 19, 2012
carlos86:

...and this is a man that wants to rule us.God punish him

What has he said that makes him unfit to lead?
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by shizzle11(m): 11:25am On Jun 19, 2012
Ganys:
I think the MODERATORS are sleeping now, If i start my own, una go dey hide my comment, Wetin concern islam with this...Abi no be Enugun cultist kill people ni, Are those cultist muslim too?. Watch ur mouth my friend!

Sharrap! "If I start start my own", can you do more than a dead rat? Its a religion of piss whether you like it or not, bunkum!
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by onatisi(m): 12:06pm On Jun 19, 2012
where is gej?far away in brazil ,rollicking with samba ladies and trying to sell his cassaaav bread only to come back and say he is sad but that he is on top of the situation
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by Pukkah: 12:41pm On Jun 19, 2012
amaba: Please let GEJ b. What are the northern governors, Buhari, emirs, religious & political leaders doing? Why is it only in the north and not other parts of Nigeria. Violent beings that are not willing to let GEJ rule.

Did you say we should let the President and Commander in Chief of Armed Forces be? You need to clarify this.
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by jpphilips(m): 4:37pm On Jun 20, 2012
rabzy01: Damaturu, capital of Yobe State presently under gun and bomb attacks. More details soon.

for every bomb that goes off, the handler dies with few casualties, Nigeria is over 167m people which i think is over populated, the bombers concentrate on their region the North and the southerners live in relative peace.
the Northerners that have trade interest in the south are allowed to trade in peace.

why is boko haram a crisis then?

the handlers will continue dying till the North run out of bombers. the southerners in the North who care about their security should relocate temporarily, the "innocent northerners" should as a matter of self defense, fish out these murderers and take laws into their hands else you become a collateral damage.

Govt should withdraw Northern soldiers from the North and replace them with southerners, as soon as the North is finished, the south can expand their territory.
Re: Damuturu, Yobe Under Fire: Bomb Explosions & Gunshots by jpphilips(m): 4:41pm On Jun 20, 2012
quazim: @Turbocharged:I repeat; des BH boys are neither a Mumeen nor ff d preaching of ISLAM.No where in d Quran or Hadith dat u shuld kil pple takless of innocent pple.Infact it is a BIG SIN even in war to kil Children,women,Old men talkles of innocent pple.ISLAM against d killin of pple. Be inform dat d word 'JIHAD' has been misinterpretd by many pple. All des pple cal demselfs Jihadist are not. D prophet Muhammed(S.A.W) never wage WAR against any tribe nor religious grp. Des guys are sponsored by grp of pple wit specific Agenda creating des tensions hiding under disguis of religious Crisis which is d only dey can achieve deir aim & can only be executed in d North.


ok, i chose to believe you;

now go and get Muslims like you that share the same beliefs like yourself, form a militia against boko haram and return their gesture. i urge you to tow this path as a matter of self defense else you end up a collateral damage. hope the order is clear and well understood?

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