Policeman killed in Borno Boko Haram attack

[TGD]

 IN their renewed violence in Borno State, suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked the Damboa Market and shot dead a policeman after barricading the Maiduguri-Damboa Road on two points on Monday morning.

In February 18 vigilante group members were also killed at the Damboa Market by suspected gunmen for allegedly selling pork and bush meat. Damboa is 87 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the state capital and epicentre of the Islamist sect's activities.

According to a motorist, who was trapped in the barricaded road in Damboa, the gunmen continued firing gunshots at oncoming pedestrians and motorists, chanting: "God is great!" in Arabic, before the JTF rushed to the place.

Meanwhile, men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe State clashed with an armed gang suspected to be Boko Haram members on Sunday at Tumbulgi Village, as they made to attack the military posts and a Divisional Police Station in Geidam in the afternoon.

TF Spokesman, Lt. Lazarus Eli, confirmed the clash in a statement, stating that an unspecified number of gunmen were repelled by soldiers, as they made to attack military posts and police station in Geidam.

An eyewitness, "we were terrified and shocked at the sporadic gunshots between the Boko Haram gunmen and soldiers, which lasted for over an hour here. I cannot tell you the exact number of soldiers (that were) wounded in the clash. I counted about 13 bodies of the gunmen yesterday (Sunday) afternoon."



The Guardian

[Folami David]

Too bad i must say. That is why i said they should not be granted amnesty because they've caused a lot of atrocities