Civilians Kill 200 Boko Haram Terrorists In Borno Attack Yesterday

The rise of the civilians against terror took the
Boko Haram saga to a new turn in the early
hours of Tuesday morning when citizens of
Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge local
government area, Borno northeast, who had
fore-knowledge of an impending Boko Haram
attack, decided not to remain sitting ducks but
prepared for battle.
According to reports we received from Civilian
sources in Borno, over 400 Boko Haram
terrorists stormed Rann and neighboring
villages in the early hours of Tuesday, with their
usual convoy of hilux trucks, motorcycles and
APC (Armored Personnel Carriers) only to meet
villagers ready for them this time. The civilian
villagers pounced on the terrorists with mere
rocks, bows and arrows, local Dane guns,
swords and “charms,” but as we have earlier
reported, Boko Haram are more frightened of
Civilian-JTF than they are of the Nigerian army,
and run from the civilians even if they – the
civilians only have knives
The battle raged till the sun came up and ended
with the civilians killing over 200 Boko Haram
terrorists, capturing several prisoners and
recovering several of their vehicles.
From an account of a civilian who participated in
defending the neighborhoods, as reported in
DailyTrust, “Our people also recovered over 70
motorcycles that the attackers came with. They
also collected 2 Hilux vehicles and an Armoured
Personnel Carrier (APC) while some of the
attackers were captured alive.” [Daily Trust ]
This amazing victory of good over evil, promises a
new direction in the war against terror that has
wrecked hundreds of farming villages in the north
of Nigeria in the last four years, largely unchecked
by State security. Civilians determined to arrest a
situation they believe the Nigerian security
services has permitted to destroy their farming
villages in various towns in the north east, have
apparently decided take up a fighting posture
against Boko Haram terrorists; no longer waiting
for a military response that hardly ever comes.
Last week, Boko Haram terrorists ravaged
Gondura Ngala town, freely without any hindrance
from the Nigerian military drafted to the north, and
decimated the entire town, killing over 300
residents. On April 14 th, Boko Haram stormed
Chibok and abducted over 200 girls. In that
episode, Amnesty International reported that the
Nigerian security services were fully informed of
the impending attack, by civilian vigilantes and
other Intel, several hours prior, yet did not alert or
defend the village nor engage the terrorists for a
full eight hours of the abduction, looting and
destruction of the village.
A mother from Chibok reportedly told CNN, that “if
the army is not ready to fight Boko Haram, then
we will fight them ourselves.” Apparently that day
has come.
The Civilian-JTF and ENDS.ng civil rights group is
pressing the Nigerian government for the civilians
to have the right and government support, to bear
arms, to end the terror scourge once and for all.
The government is yet to officially respond to this
urgent request as villagers remain at the mercy of
Boko Haram terrorists.
The Shehu of Bama is reported to have ordered his
citizens to go get guns, after his town was
completely decimated twice by Boko Haram
terrorists with no military response for the full
eight hours of carnage. More towns are expected
to follow suit as the nations leadership sleeps and
permits terrorists the largely unhindered freedom
to operate, massacre and destroy Nigeria’s
farmers and northern farming villages.