The deadly Boko Haram sect has killed 6 people and kidnapped four women during an attack near Maiduguri, Borno state capital.
Many of the locals feared that the heavy shooting that caused a panic on August 11 might be the result of an attempt to seize the town by the terrorists.
Sources said that the gunshots were heard around the Maimalari barrack in the town centre.
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Timothy Ibrahim, a resident, who stays around the area, has said that “because the gunshots went on for about 30 minutes, we thought that the town was under attack”.
He added: “We even thought that the insurgents were attempting to take over the Maimalari barrack and that the military was repelling them with the gunshots.”
It was gathered that the troops confronted the militants at Bale Mammanti in the suburbs of Maiduguri.
A member of a youth vigilance group, who pledged to be anonymous, said: “The militants stormed the village of Bale Mammanti on the outskirts of Maiduguri last night in Jere Local Government Area. They killed six civilians and they abducted four women.”
According another local, Saheed Bunu, who escaped to Maiduguri, the Boko Haram raided the community at about 6.30pm.
He said: “We fled into the bushes last night because we knew that we were the targets but this morning, we discovered that all our cattle, rams and foodstuffs were carted away.”
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President Idriss Deby of Chad has disclosed today, August 12, that Boko Haram has picked a new leader, fuelling speculation that Abubakar Shekau may indeed be dead.
Shekau has been missing in the sect’s videos in the last five months, lending force to the belief that he has been killed.
Many of the locals feared that the heavy shooting that caused a panic on August 11 might be the result of an attempt to seize the town by the terrorists.
Sources said that the gunshots were heard around the Maimalari barrack in the town centre.
READ ALSO: See The Pastor Who Give His Members Snake To Eat
Timothy Ibrahim, a resident, who stays around the area, has said that “because the gunshots went on for about 30 minutes, we thought that the town was under attack”.
He added: “We even thought that the insurgents were attempting to take over the Maimalari barrack and that the military was repelling them with the gunshots.”
It was gathered that the troops confronted the militants at Bale Mammanti in the suburbs of Maiduguri.
A member of a youth vigilance group, who pledged to be anonymous, said: “The militants stormed the village of Bale Mammanti on the outskirts of Maiduguri last night in Jere Local Government Area. They killed six civilians and they abducted four women.”
According another local, Saheed Bunu, who escaped to Maiduguri, the Boko Haram raided the community at about 6.30pm.
He said: “We fled into the bushes last night because we knew that we were the targets but this morning, we discovered that all our cattle, rams and foodstuffs were carted away.”
READ ALSO: Boko Haram Victims To Undergo Plastic Surgery
President Idriss Deby of Chad has disclosed today, August 12, that Boko Haram has picked a new leader, fuelling speculation that Abubakar Shekau may indeed be dead.
Shekau has been missing in the sect’s videos in the last five months, lending force to the belief that he has been killed.
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