Borno State, are said to have killed and beheaded no fewer than
41 suspected members of Boko Haram sect , following a failed
attempt by the insurgents to overrun the Sabon Gari village, in
Damboa Local Government Area of the state, Thursday.
Sources told Saturday Vanguard that the combine efforts of military
officers and members of the Civilian JTF pursued the insurgents to
Gur area, around Mandafuma village where they engaged them in a
fierce battle which lasted for about two hours killing 41 members
of the sect, before beheading them and hanging their heads on
sticks. The victorious Civilian JTF members displayed the heads of
their victims as the returned to Biu amid fanfare.
A member of the Civilian JTF, Umar Hassan who confirmed the
incident said..
“we beheaded the insurgents after the shoot out which lasted
for about two hours and took their heads to Biu to show the
people that the Boko Haram insurgents are human and not
beasts and so, people should not fear them but instead, join
hands with us and security operatives to ensure that the sect
members who are enemies of Islam and the people of
Nigerians are defeated.”
Umar further said that when his members heard that the insurgents
went to attack Sabon Gari, where people were just returning to
their homes after three months of exile as internally displaced
persons in various camps across the state, they moved in quickly to
foil their action pointing out that troops had however arrived the
area before them, hence both groups joined hands to defeat them.
“After the insurgents were repelled, they headed towards
Mandafuma in Biu local government and took the route to Gur
village in an attempt to escape, but again the military and our
members ambushed them.
“They were engaged in fierce battle with the soldiers and 41 of
them were killed, 1 am alive, no soldier was killed in the
ambush. After they were killed we cut off their heads and took
them. We asked the people of Biu to stand against the Boko
Haram fighters, who are now destroying our villages despite
the supposedly ceasefire agreement with government,” ads
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