No End, As Boko Haram Kills Another 40 In Borno

killing no fewer than 40 people
including two policemen.
Fleeing villagers: “We had to flee,
because when the gunmen struck
in the night, some of us fled
through the farmlands and
bushes.
Towards this end, the police
boss said the safety and security
of students and academic
institutions across the country
are now to be accorded top
security priority.
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In what appears to be total dominance of Borno
State, Boko Haram terrorists, Monday night,
invaded Jakana village in Konduga council area
of the state, killing no fewer than 40 people
including two policemen.
The gunmen were said to have arrived the
village around 10 pm in 21 Toyota Hilux vehicles
and motorcycles, as well as explosives and
petrol-bombs.
Other property destroyed in the multiple attacks
include the police station, a primary school,
mosque and several houses and huts of
villagers.
NIGERIA, Maiduguri : BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY
People gather on March 2, 2014 near the
wreckage at the scene where two explosions
rocked a crowded neigbourhood in Maiduguri's
Gomaris district on the evening of March 1. At
least 35 people were killed following two
explosions in a crowded neighbourhood of
Nigeria's restless northeastern city of Maiduguri,
a stronghold of Boko Haram Islamists, police
said March 2. "We are still counting. So far we
have counted 35 bodies. Our men are still
working with rescue workers at the scene," Borno
state police commissioner Lawal Tanko said.
AFP PHOTO /
NIGERIA, Maiduguri :
People gather on March 2, 2014 near the
wreckage at the scene where two explosions
rocked a crowded neigbourhood in Maiduguri’s
Gomaris district on the evening of March 1. At
least 35 people were killed following two
explosions in a crowded neighbourhood of
Nigeria’s restless northeastern city of Maiduguri,
a stronghold of Boko Haram Islamists, police
said March 2. “We are still counting. So far we
have counted 35 bodies. Our men are still
working with rescue workers at the scene,” Borno
state police commissioner Lawal Tanko said.
AFP PHOTO /
An unconfirmed report, however, said that
dozens of the terrorists who attacked Jakana
were bombed in a nearby Sambisa village by Air
Force fighter jets while attempting to flee from
military counter offensives.
Jakana is on Maiduguri-Damaturu road and 40
kilometres west of Maiduguri, the state capital.
The insurgents that attacked Mainok, last
Saturday, also killed 39 people. Jakana village
which was set ablaze, is 20 kilometres east of
Mainok.
An eyewitness, and resident of Jakana, Ba Mala
Modu in a telephone conversation, yesterday, in
Maiduguri said that the insurgents stormed the
village at 10pm with explosives and petrol-
bombs, chanting God is Great in Arabic. They
shot sporadically into the air initially, before
setting the houses ablaze for three hours.
Modu said: “The gunmen came in droves in
Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles; and
started shooting, killing and at the same time
pouring petrol on our houses and huts, setting
them on fire. The people in the houses cried for
help, but no one was there to prevent these
multiple attacks and killings. Some of us had to
flee towards the neighbouring villages, farmlands
and bushes.
“I am talking to you now from a hiding place in
the bush. I cannot get into the village, but we
counted 35 bodies that were pulled out from the
torched houses this morning; and more bodies
could be retrieved before noon today (yesterday),
because several people were trapped in their
houses when the insurgents wreaked havoc on
both lives and property.”
Speaking on the fleeing villagers, he said: “We
had to flee, because when the gunmen struck in
the night, some of us fled through the farmlands
and bushes. Some of the fleeing villagers had to
trek to Maiduguri for safety, while others are
taking refuge in the neigbouring villages with no
protection from security agents. My neigbour
called me that two policemen were killed, while
repelling the insurgents who set the police
station on fire.”
He said there were no soldiers in the village
when the attackers struck, adding that the
policemen at the station were overpowered, and
lost officers who were on duty, while trying to
repel them that night. According to him, “the
soldiers rushed to the village immediately after
the attack on their patrol vehicles, and cordoned
off the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road for two hours,
before motorists were allowed to pass through
the destroyed village in which over 35 people
were slain, including 15 women and children
between the ages of nine and 12”.
Confirming the incident, the Borno police
commissioner said that armed hoodlums
attacked another village (Jakana) on the
Maiduguri-Damaturu Road, killing several people
and promised to send the details to newsmen as
soon as it got to his office.
However, Police sources in Maiduguri also said
that since the Maiduguri twin blasts of last
Saturday that claimed 53 lives, the weekend and
Monday’s attacks in Mainok, Jakana villages
and Mafa town also claimed the lives of over
120 people, while property worth billions of naira
were destroyed.