BOKO HARAM: Cameroon And Chad Troops Storms Nigerian Territory

The Chadian and Cameroonian government has ordered its troops into Nigerian soil to recapture Baga from Boko Haram terrorists without the consent of the Nigerian government.

The Nigerian military today confirmed that they are in the dark and don’t know of an order by President Idriss Deby of Chad, deploying that country’s armed forces in pursuit of Boko Haram in Nigerian territory.

The defence spokesman, Chris Olukolade however revealed that it wasn’t against the law because Chad,Nigeria, Cameroun and Niger, all belong to a Multinational force set up to tackle the insurgent group.

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Boko Haram insurgents had taken the town on January 3 after attacking the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF attached in the town.

Amnesty International claimed that the attack saw the death of over 2000 people but the military said that the casualty figures was less than 150.

Nigerien and Chadian troops part of the MNJTF were said to hae been pulled out days before the attack.

The Chadian president had on Thursday said that his army’s mission was to recapture Baga from the terrorists.

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President Deby said: “We answered the call of (Cameroon’s) President Paul Biya. We cannot remain indifferent to what happens to our neighbours. Cameroon must not be left alone to face this threat that has so hurt innocent people in Cameroon and in Nigeria” .

The Nigerian military’s defence spokesman, Chris Olukolade revealed that government was unaware of the deployments but said that he would need to “verify”.

He told Premium Rimes: “I’ll need to verify what you are saying but it is not as if everything is out of order, there is Multinational Joint Task Force which allows us to interact with forces of neighbouring countries among which they are”.

“But even with that being the case, there cannot be solo operations in that area that will ignore the existing Nigeria’s arrangement for that area,” he added.

Security experts have said that the Nigerian Army’s reaction to the development was troublesome.

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Peregrino Brimah, of the civil society group, Every Nigerian Do Something (ENDS). said: “The Nigerian government saying through the army spokesperson, General Olukolade that they are ‘lukewarm’ to Chad’s mission to Nigeria is very troubling to say the least. If Chad’s intentions and mission is good intended then why should the Nigerian government be kept out of the loop and be unenthusiastic? This questions the trust we as a people have in both governments. Would the Nigerian government not wish Chad assist them in rescuing occupied territories? Is there intelligence with the Nigerian administration that makes them suspicious of Chad; or are they uninterested in Nigeria’s liberation?” Peregrino Brimah, of the civil society group, Every Nigerian Do Something (ENDS).

Brimah said that Deby’s announcement is similar to Mexico crossing the border to rescue Texas.

“Chad setting out to assist Cameroon at their request is appropriate, however for the Chadian president, Idriss Deby to announce formally to his people and to the international press that his troops will be invading Nigeria to “re-capture” Baga, without express permission and willful authorization by the Goodluck Jonathan administration is absurd. It is like Mexico deciding it will invade the United States to rescue a “plagued Texas” without the explicit approval of the United States government.”

Boko Haram insurgents have been said to be crossing the border to Chad and Cameroun whenever Nigerian army applies some pressure to the terrorists, this was the reason the Multinational force was formed by Nigeria, Cameroun and Chad.

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BOKO HARAM: Suicide Bomber Kills Four, Injures 48 In Potiskum, Yobe State

There was another bomb blast today, January 18 from a suicide bomber who drove in a Golf car. He rammed the car, hitting a Petrol Station in Potiskum, Yobe State. He killed four, including himself and injured 48 people. 

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BOKO HARAM: See Why US Is Refusing To Stop Terrorist Group [VIDEO]

Many have wondered why the Western world reacted with outrage to the killings of 12 people in France but kept silent at the massacre of about 2,000 in Baga, Nigeria.

A military analyst for CNN, Major General James “Spider” Marks has said on the network that the US has refused to stopBoko Haram because ‘black West Africa’ is not a priority to the West.

Marks goes on to say that the West would have been more concerned if Boko Haram was operating in “White Africa”, which is the North, or in the Middle East.

Watch the video below:

               

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227 Soldiers Protest Their Dismissal In Jos

About 227 members of the Nigerian Army serving with the 3rd Armoured Division in Jos, yesterday protested against their General Officer Commanding (GOC), asking for the intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan, Thisday reports.
The soldiers who claimed they were dismissed by the military authorities illegally, stormed the Plateau State Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat in Jos with placards saying they were dismissed without any reason and without the benefit of defending themselves.

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Leading the protest was Sergeant Abiona Elisha, he said, “We were dismissed this week Tuesday from the service of the Nigerian Army after sending us to go and suffer fighting insurgency in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states.

“All of a sudden, we were recalled to the barracks and made to face trial. Even in the trial, we were not given the chance to defend ourselves. They just took decision and dismissed us. We were not even told what our offences were during the so-called trial.

“We are surprised that we can be treated like this in our own country. We were sent to fight insurgents without weapons. A lot of our colleagues were killed in the course of defending our fatherland. Even those who are in hospitals treating injuries they sustained from battle fields were also dismissed while still on hospital admission.

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“The worst situation is that families of our colleagues killed in Adamawa and Yobe are languishing in hunger as Nigerian Army refused to pay their entitlements.
The soldiers called on the President and Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, to intervene in their case and reinstate them.

When contacted, Deputy Director of the 3 Armoured Division Jos, Col. Texas Chukwu, said : “I am not aware of the development; I just returned from Yola on Tuesday. So I am not aware of anything. Thank you.”

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BOKO HARAM: Biu Town Borno, Currently Under Attack As Insurgents Attempt To Seize The Township

Boko Haram militants are reportedly attempting to seize Biu, the largest town of Southern Borno state.

Premium Times reports with reference to the locals that the insurgents stormed the town this morning.

One of the residents, Kaka Ali, said that upon invading Biu, the fighters moved to take over the army barracks.

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“Our boys have already taken strategic position waiting for them, at the moment, the soldiers are battling them. All we can hear now are gunshots from the direction of the barracks.”

It comes days after the capture of Baga, another strategic town of the state. Additionally, it was reported only yesterday that Boko Haram attacked Askira forcing locals out of their homes.
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BOKO HARAM: Nigerian Military Repels Attack On Damaturu

Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, has been restored to normal following an attack by Boko Haram fighters on the town last night.
Nigerian troops were said to have successfully repelled the insurgents by preventing them from entering the city centre.

This was disclosed by the Yobe state police commissioner, Marcus Danladi.

“The insurgents have been repelled, and Damaturu is now calm,” Mr. Danladi told Premium Times.

On January 9, 2015, Friday, at about 8pm, the insurgents were said to have descended on Damaturu, detonating explosives and shooting sporadically, while also engaging security forces in a lengthy gun battle.

Danladi however declined to provide any casualty figure.

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According to him, the police was still going round to ascertain casualty and damage to properties during the gun duel between the insurgents and the Nigerian military.

Also speaking, a security official said soldiers engaged the insurgents on the fringes of the town even as they exchanged fire with another set of terrorists near Katarko village, some 20km away.

“As I have said earlier we are on top of the situation as far as this attack is concerned because our men have been fully mobilised to deal with such situation and presently we have already pushed them back towards Gujba road near one village called Katarko,” the official said.

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A resident of Damaturu expressed joy that normalcy had been restored, saying: “We are happy that the shooting has gone down even though we still hear periodic sounds of gun shooting and detonation of explosives.”

It would be recalled that the terrorists laid siege to Damaturu about a month ago. In addition to this, the Boko Haram insurgents launched a heavy attack on the capital of Yobe on December 1, 2014, targeting the government house.

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BOKO HARAM: Terrorists Kidnap 40 Boys From Borno Village

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have abducted 40 boys from Malari, Borno State, according to residents.


The heavily armed terrorists invaded the remote village at about 8pm on Wednesday, December 31, but did not kill anyone, Reuters reports.

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“People ran out of their houses in fear but they warned no one should disobey them,” a resident, Zarami told Reuters.


“They took away over 40 (male) youths mostly between the ages of 15 to 23. As I am talking to you now, there is no youth in our village,” he added.

This comes as parents of the abducted Chibok Girls called on the Nigerian government to either rescue their daughters or find outside help, possibly from the United Nations.

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BOKO HARAM: Suicide Bomber Attacks Church In Gombe

A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside a church in Gombe State, reports say.



The attacker is said to have detonated the bomb outside the place of worship today, January 1.

The explosion left several people injured but no deaths have been recorded, AFP reports.

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"There was an explosion outside the ECWA church this morning. A suicide bomber who was restrained from getting into the church blew himself up. Luckily no one was killed but some people were mildly injured,” Abubakar Yakubu, the head of the Nigeria Red Cross in Gombe said.

We will keep you apprised of any new developments.

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BOKO HARAM: Terrorists Kill 15 In Borno

Suspected members of Boko Haram killed at least 15 people in a fresh attack on Kautikari, a village near Chibok community in Borno state on Monday December 29th.



"They were about 20, well-armed. They came in four-wheel drive vehicles and some motorcycles. Initially, I thought they were soldiers. The man running behind me was gunned down as I was fleeing. Afterwards, there were 15 people lying dead in the streets,” ,” a survivor, Jonah Umaru, told newsmen on phone.

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BOKO HARAM: Cameroon Military Kills 41 Insurgents

The Cameroonian army has killed 41 Boko Haram terrorists who entered into the country’s territory, the government has said.



The insurgents were said to have crossed the border between Nigeria and Cameroon and taken control of a military camp at Ashigashiya.

However, the terrorists were chased out by unprecedented air strikes carried out by Cameroonian troops.

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According to a statement released by the country’s Minister of Information, Issa Tchiroma in in Yaounde on December 29:

“Boko Haram’s campaign to carve out an Islamist caliphate has spread from its stronghold in North-East Nigeria to neighbouring Cameroon, raising fears for an already unstable region also threatened by Islamist militants in the Sahel.”
“Units of the Boko Haram group attacked Makari, Amchide, Limani and Achigachia in a change of strategy which consists of distracting Cameroonian troops on different fronts, making them more vulnerable in the face of the mobility and unpredictability of their attacks,” the statement added.
“No fewer than 34 militants were killed after the army laid siege to a base used by the militants in Chogori while seven others and one soldier were killed near the town of Waza,” Tchiroma said.
The spokesperson for the Cameroonian army, Lt.-Col. Didier Badjeck also confirmed the reports saying that the militants were repelled by the air strikes.
“All the militants had now pulled back into Nigeria,” Badjeck said.

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According to Tchiroma, the air strikes were personally ordered by Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya who had earlier vowed to wipe the sect out of the country.

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BOKO HARAM: 13 Year Old Suicide Bomber Confesses [MUST READ]

The girl who identified herself as Zaharau Babangida narrated how her own father had made her terrorist. According to Vanguard, she disclosed:
“It began one day when my father took my mum and I to a forest in Bauchi where we met people claiming to be working for God…
In the Bauchi forest I met some other girls who I guessed were my age mate and their leader told us to give our lives to God and enjoy the bounties of heaven.”

“I was not moved by the soul searching preaching of bounties in the heaven and it was at this point, their leader resorted to threat and intimidation to obtain my consent. We were shown a deep hole where the leader of the group threatened to bury us alive at a point if any of us refused to play along, and at another time he picked a big gun and threatened to shoot anyone who fails to obey his command.”

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Speaking Wednesday, December 24, with journalists, the teenager continued:

“It was at this point my father stepped forward to persuade me to play along, and told me to prepare to die as martyr and clear the way for him to join me soon.”

Zaharau said that the men in the bush had continuously preached to her and other girls about suicide mission, Premium Times adds. She refused to accept the ideas introduced, but was threatened that she would be buried alive.

“I was in the bush when the people some who looks like Arabs and some huge black men told me that did I know what is suicide mission, that is one killing himself? I said no I don’t know, they explained it to me and said that if I did plus reciting Sura Albakara I will straight go to Paradise.

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“I declined and told them I will not do it, they now told me that they would dig a hole and bury me alive because that is what they do to all women who refuse to adhere to their demands, and they said they meant what they said, I now complied.”

Thus the terrified had no other choice but agree to go on Kano mission, together with two other young girls.

The 13-year-old narrated what happened on the fateful day of the bloody Kano attack, which killed those 2 girls and 4 residents. According to Zaharau, they had a special guide who took them to the place.

“I and two other girls were conveyed to Kano and quartered at the outskirt of the city by a man I could hardly remember his name, and this same man conveyed all of us to the market square and deployed us at strategic positions at Kwari market on the day we struck.”

She said she had refused to commit the crime and follow the other girls. But the two soon they blew themselves up and left Zaharau injured.

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“I was taken aback when my partners were shattered to pieces barely a second after they detonated. I then rushed out of the scene to pick a commercial rickshaw to a hospital in Dawanau area of the city for medical treatment, and doctors were already attending to me when the driver of the Keke NAPEP resurfaced and showed me a metal object and requested to know whether it was mine of which I answered in affirmative.

“I told him the object he dangled before me is a bomb and its mine, and in no time armed soldiers picked me from my sick bed to their headquarters.”

Meanwhile Kano State Commissioner of Police, Aderele Shinaba, revealed that one of the girls’ guides had been arrested. He however didn’t say what had happened to Zaharau’s father.

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BOKO HARAM: Ex-Borno Governor Makes Serious Revelations

It would be recalled that Senator Sheriff was in the center of the scandal that was started this year by Australian negotiator Stephen Davis, who named the politician as one of Boko Haram sponsors.Earlier this week, however, the news broke out that Sheriff had been fully cleared, with the Nigerian Secret Service saying that Davis and his associates were fraudsters aimed at discrediting Nigeria’s authorities.

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According to Leadership, Sheriff spoke Sunday, December 21, with BBC Hausa in Abuja narrating all he new about the dreaded sect.

The former governor of the state, badly affected by insurgency, denied reports saying that Boko Haram started during his tenure (2003-2011). According to him, the sect actually started in Yobe State in 1992 and he tried to solve the problem by different means.

“This is not true. The Boko Haram issue did not start during my tenure. If you don’t know, let me educate you today. Boko Haram started in 1992 at Kalama in Yobe State, and at that time, I was not a governor. So, if anybody tells you it started during my tenure, he may be part of my traducers. But the truth is that it didn’t start during my tenure.”

The senator stressed that Chad could possibly help Nigeria with solving the insurgency problem, however he kept mute on how it could be achieved.

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“Nothing preoccupies my mind in Nigeria presently like the return of peace in Borno. When Borno State was peaceful, there was no place I cherished to stay in the world like Maiduguri. I, my friends, my confidants, my parents and all the schools I attended are in Maiduguri.

“Therefore, I am more concerned than anybody in this country, because what Borno State did for me has not been done to any other indigene. You know, in Borno State, a governor has never been re-elected apart from me; in Borno State, no senator has ever been elected thrice apart from me. So, Borno people have done everything for me, and there is no one in this world that I know other than Chad, which I think could help Borno.”

Reacting to the “Boko Haram sponsor” saga, Sheriff expressed confidence that it had been an orchestrated plot by Borno tops to defame his character.

“They defamed my character, and when they started it, I once told journalists that it was plotted in Maiduguri. We know the plotters, their motives, and that by the grace of God, the truth will prevail; and now, the arrested impostors have said it all to the world.”

It would be recalled that the Federal Government and Boko Haram were reported to have concluded a ceasefire agreement October 17 in Chad. The deal later turned out to be fake as it was followed by numerous attacks and kidnaps by the sect.

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President Goodluck Jonathan visited Chad twice earlier this year in order to find a lasting solution. However, GEJ came under attacks after Sheriff, at that time alleged Boko Haram sponsor, had been spotted at the high-level meeting with him and Chadian president Idriss Derby.

Meanwhile Isa Gusau, the spokesman of Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, responded to Sheriff’s claims that the state authorities wanted to tarnish his image.

“Governor Kashim Shettima has nothing to gain from the allegation against Ali Sheriff. In fact, to him, it is even shameful that a Borno State indigene, whom the governor has interacted or is connected with, is linked to what is happening. So, Governor Shettima’s connection with this saga is unnecessary.”

Boko Haram have recently intensified their attacks in the North-East of the country. The sect members reportedly killed 32 people and abducted 185 women and children in Gumsuri on December 14. The authorities are yet to officially confirm the abduction.
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BOKO HARAM: Military Kills Over 75 Insurgents In Borno [UPDATED]

Military sources said yesterday that the Nigerian Army has killed more than seventy five Boko Haram terrorists. The sources said that troops of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army at Dogon wire along Maiduguri Damboa road in Borno killed the insurgents Wednesday night.
A military officer who did not want his name in print first told a Vanguardngr correspondent in Maiduguri that they were giving security cover to the staff of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to repair destroyed transmission cables at Damboa when they sighted groups of the insurgents coming towards them.

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He said “we were on the electric tower on surveillance of any perceived threat, while the staff of the TCN were repairing the destroyed cables, when we sighted the insurgents coming in groups and we immediately opened fire on them”.

“We kept on firing but they continue moving towards our position, then our commander ordered the armored tanker to start firing. They still continued coming unabated until the commander ordered the artillery to shell them, that was when we cleared them”, the source said.

As a result of the battle a large number of terrorists was said to have been killed. Their weapons and vehicles were seized by the soldiers. The recovered weapons include the explosives, rocket propelled grenades and rifles. Two brave soldiers lost their lives in the fight.

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Defence Spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, confirmed the incidents without providing however the exact figures saying they are yet to be ascertained.

See the photos of the operations. Credits: PR Nigeria:

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BOKO HARAM: Terrorists Rounds Up Elderly And Executes Them By Firing Squad

According to a report by AP, Boko Haram members are turning their guns on elderly people, & killed about 50 of them this week in a new tactic to instill more fear in some Northern areas...Residents from five villages say people too elderly to flee Gwoza local government area are being rounded up and taken to two schools where the militants open fire on them. The villages are about 130 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of Maiduguri, in Borno

"What they are doing now is to assemble the aged people - both men and women ... and then they just open fire on some of them," said Muhammed Gava, a spokesman for civil defense groups in the area.

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More than 50 people had been killed at Government Day Secondary School in Gwoza, he said.
A villager who had fled said more elderly people are being gathered and shot at Uvaghe Central Primary School. The villager spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of endangering his trapped parents.

Government officials did not immediately comment on the reports.

Nigeria's military said soldiers are patrolling "in search of terrorists" and "to verify abductions" Friday around the village of Gumburi, where witnesses say extremists kidnapped at least 185 people a week ago.

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Nigeria's military and government have been criticized for their failure to rescue 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from a town near Gumburi in April.

In separate attacks Friday, witnesses said Boko Haram struck at Damagum and Mamudo towns in Yobe state, bombing government buildings, the police station and military barracks.

The extremists suffered a setback when they attacked soldiers guarding a power station in Borno state, according to an engineer who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. He said soldiers were warned in advance that the extremists were advancing and engaged the militants in fierce fighting that killed at least 70.

Extremists have killed thousands of people in a 5-year uprising that has driven some 1.6 million from their homes.

Source: AP
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BOKO HARAM: Military Kills Over 75 Insurgents In Borno

Military sources said yesterday that the Nigerian Army has killed more than seventy five Boko Haram terrorists. The sources said that troops of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army at Dogon wire along Maiduguri Damboa road in Borno killed the insurgents Wednesday night.
A military officer who did not want his name in print first told a Vanguardngr correspondent in Maiduguri that they were giving security cover to the staff of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to repair destroyed transmission cables at Damboa when they sighted groups of the insurgents coming towards them.

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He said “we were on the electric tower on surveillance of any perceived threat, while the staff of the TCN were repairing the destroyed cables, when we sighted the insurgents coming in groups and we immediately opened fire on them”.

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“We kept on firing but they continue moving towards our position, then our commander ordered the armored tanker to start firing. They still continued coming unabated until the commander ordered the artillery to shell them, that was when we cleared them”, the source said.

Source: Vanguardngr

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BOKO HARAM: 185 Women And Children Were Kidnapped, Yet The Millitary Don't Know Yet [NAWA OOOO!!!]

High Command of the Nigerian army says it was yet to confirm news of supposed abduction of scores of villagers in Borno State on Sunday, December 14th, but says its executives were investigating as well as patrolling the region in search of terrorists.The Defence Headquarters blog released a statement, which read in part: “Troops are patrolling the general area of Gumsuri in search of terrorists who were said to have attacked the community last weekend. Although it has been confirmed that some people were killed by the terrorists during the attack, the reported abductions as claimed by unidentified sources being quoted in some foreign media is yet to be verified from any credible sources in the community.

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“Some of the villagers who fled during the attack have started returning to the village. Normal life has also returned to the area. The surveillance and patrol of the area by air and land forces has been stepped up to secure the general area.

“Troops have been ordered to sustain an aggressive patrol over the area and the surrounding communities in order to ensure that terrorists do not have any freedom of action in the area while the counter-terrorism campaign continues.”

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Conflicting media news primarily from foreign sources emerged yesterday. It supposes that a conflicting number of villagers were kidnapped by insurgents earlier this week.

While some said that it happened on Sunday, others claimed the attack was occurred on Wednesday.

Again, while some media put the number at 100, some others said it was up to 200.
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BOKO HARAM: Terrorists Kill 10, Abducts 2 In Madari

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked motorists in Madari village, Kukawa LGA, Borno State, killing 10 and abducting 2.
The kidnapped were a young woman together with her 2-year-old child, Vanguard reports.

Mallam Abor Modu, a driver, narrated how he barely escaped death as he was returning from Cross Kauwa December 15. According to him, the terrorists came across the gunmen, who were in 10 vehicles.

“I had to stop with five of my passengers when I saw a Chadian resembling a Boko Haram terrorist in a Toyota Hilux vehicle mounted with a Multi Purpose Machine gun…

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“One of the terrorists approached me and asked where I was coming from. I told him that I was coming form Cross Kauwa and he asked me again where I hail from. I told him that I come from Yusufari and he further asked me where my passengers came from and I told him they were going to Bindari.”

The gunman left to come back some time later to ask what the driver was doing, to which the man responded that he was “supplicating”. The suspected insurgent left again.

Mallam Abor continued:

“While I was still supplicating, I saw them killing a driver of a Peugeot Station Wagon vehicle and five of his passengers. They later abducted a young woman and her two-year old child. When a Mercedes Benz driver came with speed, they opened fire on them killing all the occupants of the vehicle.

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“When the driver of a Hummer bus came with his passengers, he was lucky to have escaped, as they were opening fire on him as he succeeded in making a U- turn but some of his passengers alighted from the bus and ran into the bush.”

All the attempts to contact Borno State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Gideon Jibrin, for confirmation, yielded unsuccessful.

Meanwhile the military have recently arrested some Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, Punch reports.

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A vigilante, Abba Kolo, disclosed yesterday that the suspects tried to act as the displaced persons from Bama, attacked some months ago. However they were spotted and detained.

Kolo said:

“The arrested Boko Haram insurgents, who fled Bama along with IDPs and had formed a syndicate along the Bama Road at Yanshayi opposite Tashan Bama in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, were rounded up by soldiers.”

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, added oil to the fire, having released a new video on December 13, 2014, Saturday. Nigeria’s number 1 terrorist threatened to kill ‘fake’ Muslims and to attack the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.

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Nigerian Military Sentences 54 Soldiers To Death For Mutiny

A military court in Nigeria has condemned 54 soldiers to death by firing squad after they were found guilty of mutiny, Premium Times reports.


The soldiers were convicted today in Abuja on a two count charge of criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny.

Four other soldiers were acquitted. The convicted soldiers, mostly soldiers involved in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria, are to die on stakes, by firing squad.

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The soldiers, attached to the 7 Division, Nigerian Army in Maiduguri include two Corporals (Cpl) nine Lance Corporals (LCpl) and 49 Private soldiers.

The charge sheet said the soldiers conspired to commit mutiny against the authorities of the 7 Division on August 4, at the Mulai Primary School camp, opposite AIT Maiduguri, Borno State.

The soldiers are the second batch of Nigerian soldiers condemned to death by Nigerian Military courts for mutiny.

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The trial of the soldiers began on October 15 who allegedly disobeyed orders to join operations against the extremist group, Boko Haram. The accused soldiers pleaded not guilty to the charges.

J.E. Nwosu, the prosecutor, an army Captain, alleged that the accused soldiers had on August 4, in Maiduguri, refused to join the 111 Special Forces Battalion troops, commanded by Timothy Opurum, a Lieutenant Colonel for an operation.

Mr. Nwosu said the operation was meant to recapture Delwa, Bulabulin and Damboa in Borno State from the Boko Haram terrorists.

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According to him, the offence is punishable under Section 52(1) (a) of the Armed Forces Act Cap A20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The prosecution called the commander of the 111 Special Forces, Lt.Col. Opurum, as one of the witnesses.

Mr. Opurum, in his testimony in October, said the Special Forces were tasked to recapture Delwa to clear the way for other battalions to pass through to recapture Babulin and Damboa from the insurgents.

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He said he took off for the operation with only four officers and 29 soldiers as “tasked” after majority of the 174 soldiers in the unit refused to join the operation.

The witness said after he took charge of the Special Forces, he addressed and assured them that they could achieve the task given to them.

However, he said the soldiers were “hesitant to partake in the operation” in spite of the assurances.

Under cross examination by Femi Falana, who represented the accused soldiers, Mr. Opurum said 47 of the soldiers who initially refused, later re-joined the forces for another operation.

Mr. Opurum said the 47 soldiers joined, after he called for reinforcement, as they came under attack from terrorists, who out-numbered them and had superior weapons.

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When asked if the soldiers refused to fight or refused to join the operation because of lack of superior weapons, he said all units in the North-East had requested for weapons.

On the disciplinary measure taken against the 47 soldiers, who initially refused, he said the process for that was to begin when they were court-martialled.

Mr. Falana in an oral application asked to the court for the record of weapons recovered from the 47 soldiers, when they initially refused to join the operations.
The General Court Martial was inaugurated on October 2 to try 97 soldiers, including 15 senior officers for mutiny.

It would be recalled that 97 soldiers were tried for various offenses allegedly committed in the counter-terrorism operation in the North-Eastern part of the country.
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