Report
has it that some women in Attagara and Kawuri villages in Gwoza and Bama Local
Government Areas of Borno State, on Monday reportedly repelled attacks on their
community by suspected Boko Haram sect members.
Attagara which is a border town with Cameroon is about 10 kilometres South-East of Pulka District in Gwoza, and it’s about 130 kilometres from the state capital Maiduguri.
Attagara which is a border town with Cameroon is about 10 kilometres South-East of Pulka District in Gwoza, and it’s about 130 kilometres from the state capital Maiduguri.
According to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity,
about seven of the sect members stormed the village on motorcycles and met
the women.
He said some of the assailants tried to hit the women with
sticks but surprisingly when they raised the sticks their hands could not
descend.
"Three of the insurgents fled, but seven were not lucky
as the women alerted the people,” and the vigilante group in the community
rushed to the scene, disarmed the seven insurgents, who were later
lynched" he said.
In another development, some members of the sect met their waterloo
yesterday following the joint efforts of members of the vigilante youths,
popularly known as Civilian JTF, and the military in Kawuri village, Bama Local
Government Area of the state.
Mamman Yakubu, a 20-year-old vigilante member who
participated in the fight said: "We were able to kill many of the
terrorists who invaded our community yesterday night".
Yakubu disclosed that they (vigilante) were not interested
in arrest because the sect members don’t spill their secret when
arrested.
A high ranking military source confirmed the incident, and
revealed that three bodies suspected to be Boko Haram members were recovered
yesterday morning in Kawuri.
He said other terrorist members were also killed in the same
village while attempting to flee to the Sambisa Forest.
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