They reportedly killed two people, one of them a local chief, yesterday. A police source said the latest attack by the gunmen on motorbikes must have been carried out by the sect that launched an uprising last year. The killings occurred in an area of the city of Maiduguri where the sect had its headquarters before a brutal assault put down the uprising and destroyed the enclave last year, the officer said on condition of anonymity. “Two people were killed in the Gwaidomari neighbourhood, and one of them turned out to be a local chief,” the officer said. “From eyewitness accounts, the modus operandi of the attackers was similar to that applied in previous attacks. The fact that the assailants came on a motorbike, opened fire on their victims and sped away gives rise to some suspicion that the attackers were Boko Haram members.” A series of such attacks have occurred in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north in recent months, with authorities saying they suspected the Islamist sect known as Boko Haram, which means “Western education is sin” in local Hausa dialect. Suspected sect members also used machine guns and homemade bombs to attack a prison in Bauchi this month, freeing more than 700 prisoners. Around 100 alleged Boko Haram members were among those who escaped. Last year’s uprising began with attacks on police posts, and police have been among the victims of the recent killings by motorcycle-riding gunmen in northern Nigeria. The attacks come ahead of presidential elections next year and have been an ominous sign in a country where ballots have often been tainted by violence.
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Posted: at 22-09-2010 08:56 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero
nice9ija at 22-09-2010 09:05 PM (14 years ago) (m)
you see this haram boko,or is it boko haram this people i don't think they are Nigerians
Posted: at 22-09-2010 09:05 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
dumosky2010 at 22-09-2010 11:13 PM (14 years ago) (m)
Can we execute a course we can call Comparative Religion??? to enable these people decide for themselves if what they are doing is right or wrong, not to be manipulated by whoever is responsible....God help us.
Posted: at 22-09-2010 11:13 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
ksurrina at 23-09-2010 04:36 AM (14 years ago) (f)
Whether they are Nigerian YES or NO taking another's blood is wrong. God told Cain that his brother's blood cried to Him from earth. The wrath of God will surely be on those people. If only the churches in Nigeria will just start living the Life of God then the country will be so better. Everyday Nigeria and Jamaica grieve my heart. These two countries that has so many churches but yet still living a life of disobedience.
Godly WISDOM is to Fear God. His UNDERSTANDING is to resist the devil.
Posted: at 23-09-2010 04:36 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
r dz pple nigerians @ll ? cuz maiduguri iz very cloze Niger..nd doz pple r out 2 coz havoc in our country jst lyk dere's r in havoc.. Nigerian immigrations u berra work up2 ur job ooo..coz dere r many immigrant dere in 9ja.. hu can cus confusion..
Posted: at 23-09-2010 11:06 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
In my Opinion..NIGERIA should be divided in to 2 seperate countries, Because the Northern Nigeria believes,way of life and southern/western/eastern Nigeria believes are contrasting. This country have never been unified since independence. I actually blame the colonial masters for forcing the three kingdoms into becoming one country..now we are surffering it..
For me the best way for peace and progress in this country is to divide the country...that is my opinion, what do you say?
Posted: at 23-09-2010 01:14 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
In my Opinion..NIGERIA should be divided in to 2 seperate countries, Because the Northern Nigeria believes,way of life and southern/western/eastern Nigeria believes are contrasting. This country have never been unified since independence. I actually blame the colonial masters for forcing the three kingdoms into becoming one country..now we are surffering it..
For me the best way for peace and progress in this country is to divide the country...that is my opinion, what do you say?
you make that move now , and not just by noise making , but by action , and i do believe you will learn the lessons of your life so
Posted: at 23-09-2010 05:44 PM (14 years ago) | Grande Master
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