Update on boko haram

We lost two of our staff. The soldiers ran away after they have tried to stop them. He disclosed that the two staff who were victims of the attack were buried yesterday. The insurgents also burnt cars and offices. A relation of one of the staff killed who identify himself as Mohammed Usman told journalists that he could have been a victim but luckily escaped the attack.

I saw myself running into one of the residence in town, how it happened I cannot say. It was yesterday morning after the insurgents have left that we went back and we discover this cousin of our was killed during the attack. One other resident of Buratai town, described the situation as horrifying when the Insurgents came. He said they attacked everything that stood in their way. They were specific on the military institution but still they touch on some parts of the town.

They killed three people that I know in town aside the two University Staff, who were buried yesterday. Remember Me. Latest Trending. Global Business Report January 13, Load More. Home Latest. Reading Time: 4 mins read. According to the source Nigerian army spokesperson Sani Usman in a statement released in Abuja, they have noticed audacious moves by the terrorist in the last months as they have seen the use of drones against them.

They also seem to be the infusion of foreign fighters in their ranks, the statement said. For President Buhari, insecurity has become a major electoral issue and despite his vow to defeat Boko Haram in the last election in , the menace of Boko Haram remains a pain in the neck. When the former army general became President, the army seems to make gains on Boko Haram, winning back territory, rescuing abductees and dislodging the fighters from their strongholds.

But in recent months, the fighters have returned, sacking communities, killing soldiers and kidnapping young girls and aid workers. Hauwa Liman, a year-old aid worker, was executed by Boko Haram in October after a deadline imposed by the group to release some of its imprisoned members expired.

The armed group is still holding a year-old schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, who was abducted with others in February from her school in the town of Dapchi, Yobe state. In December , Buhari secured the release of one billion dollars in additional funds to boost the fight against Boko Haram.

Unfortunately, the funds have been unable to save the Nigerian military from suffering embarrassing attacks and questions have been raised over the lack of equipment for troops on the front lines.

According to Keyamo, there has been progress when comparing to Apart from Boko Haram, there is also the resurgence of violence in central and southern Nigerian regions between nomadic herdsmen and local farmers. The fighting between farmers and nomads has killed more people this year than attacks carried out by Boko Haram, according to a report by the International Crisis Group ICG.

At least 1, people have been killed in such clashes since September last year. On the 1st of November , it was reported that at least 12 civilians were killed in multiple Boko Haram attacks targeting two villages and a camp for those displaced by fighting in northeastern Nigeria, according to residents and civilian militia. Boko Haram fighters arrived in seven trucks late on Wednesday and attacked Bulaburin and Kofa villages, as well as a camp in Dalori village outside Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.

It was reported that the terrorists attacked and completely burned Bulaburin and Kofa villages and burned half the Dalori 2 IDP internally displaced persons camp.

According to Musa Goni, a Kofa resident in an interview with AFP, he said the fighters opened fire indiscriminately and killed one person as residents fled. Afterwards, they moved to nearby Bulaburin where they gunned down nine people and burned the village after stealing food.

Also, a civilian militia member, Solomon Adamu told AFP that the fighters engaged troops and civilian militia guarding the IDP camp in Dalori in a shoot-out before overrunning the makeshift facility. Adamu further revealed that when the Boko Haram gunmen came they stopped on the road overlooking the camp and started firing. The soldiers and civilian JTF militia at the gate engaged them in a gunfight but were forced to withdraw into the camp because they were outgunned.

Also, residents were forced to flee and two were killed while several were wounded, according to Adamu. The Nigerian military also revealed a statement. It would be recalled that the area has been attacked multiple times before by the Boko Haram faction loyal to Abubakar Shekau. Despite government insistence that Boko Haram is near defeat, northern Nigeria is still beleaguered by heavy fighting.

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