Dozens of residents in northeastern Nigeria have been killed in two separate attacks launched by Boko Haram Islamists, according to officials and residents.
Scored of Islamist insurgents dressed in military uniforms stormed the Christian farming village of Izghe, in Borno state, late Saturday and opened sporadic fire on residents, killing at least 106 people in an attack specifically targeted at male residents.
The gunmen, who arrived in the village riding in trucks and on several motorcycles, opened fire and hacked male residents they had assembled in the village square. They moved door to door in search of male residents who were hiding.
The attack prompted an exodus of hundreds of panic-stricken residents of nearby villages to the neighboring Madagali district in Adamawa state.
"We suspect that the gunmen were members of Boko Haram. They have taken over the village," said Madagali local government chairman, Maina Ularamu..
The attackers looted businesses and food stores "and loaded all their spoils into vehicles owned by residents and fled into the bush," said Ularamu.
A survivor of the attack, farmer Barnabas Idi, said he scaled the fence of his house and crawled for about 40 minutes to safety. Idi said that security agents were not present during the attack.
In the second attack early Saturday, suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on Doron Baga, a fishing village along Lake Chad.
"They opened fire from all directions, forcing residents to jump into the lake in a bid to escape, and many drowned while others were gunned down," said Babagana Gwoni, a survivor of the attack.
The gunmen looted fish and foodstuffs before setting houses on fire, Gwoni said.
Lt. Col. Mohammed Dole, a military spokesman, confirmed the Doron Baga attack but declined to give details.
"We received report of the attack on Doron Baga, but we don't have details because the area falls under the operational jurisdiction of the Multinational Joint Task Force," Dole said.
The Multinational Joint task Force comprises troops from Nigeria, Niger and Chad and was set up in 1998 primarily to fight light weapons proliferation. Its mandate has been expanded to include combating the Boko Haram insurgency.
Posted: at 17-02-2014 12:48 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
bukkybukky at 17-02-2014 03:14 PM (10 years ago) (m)
I don't know why they can not stand and fight for themself?, islam is deadly, soon u will hear they are not muslim but tell me wot religion they practice?
Posted: at 17-02-2014 03:14 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
GBA GANNN... IDOKOO DON LAND. Foolish country, fake leader's, nonsense military men, and blood suckin politicians sponsoring murderious boko haram's. where is the faith of nigeria ?
Posted: at 17-02-2014 05:12 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
saheedabiola at 17-02-2014 06:42 PM (10 years ago) (m)
sometimes and all the time we should try and be sensible with what we write and post on any of the social media networks.Mohammed is just like Jesus and no Muslim and i repeat it no Muslim must say anything stupid and bad about him,is there no crises in other part of the land?is niger Delta not part of Nigeria?Are their not militants there?So instead of talking rubbish why not keep quite?
Posted: at 17-02-2014 06:42 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
BiafranBabe at 17-02-2014 07:00 PM (10 years ago) (f)
Quote from: saheedabiola on 17-02-2014 06:42 PM
sometimes and all the time we should try and be sensible with what we write and post on any of the social media networks.Mohammed is just like Jesus and no Muslim and i repeat it no Muslim must say anything stupid and bad about him,is there no crises in other part of the land?is niger Delta not part of Nigeria?Are their not militants there?So instead of talking rubbish why not keep quite?
are you alright Mr.? like psychologically OK?
Posted: at 17-02-2014 07:00 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
God will save us in nigeria from bad leaders who are using religion name to cover their bad deeds. Islam is a religion of peace. if u dont know how to comment positively u better shut up your mouth and stop abusing any religion or their proprhet.
Posted: at 17-02-2014 08:52 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
italianjob at 17-02-2014 10:01 PM (10 years ago) (m)
Is obvious that these people were grouped to fight the Christians and GEJ government by the northern leaders, now they've gone out of their control, even themselves are no more safe and can't control them again. That is called back to the sender. Is a pity because those dying now might not know anything about this.
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