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Army destroys Boko Haram operational vehicles in Borno
[TRIBUNE.NG] The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, said it had destroyed two suspected operational vehicles of the Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect in the ongoing operations in Maiduguri. The front man of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Lt.-Col. Mohammed Dole, announced this in a statement. Dole said that the destruction was to get rid of Death Eaters terrorising motorists on highways in Borno State. "We have been able to identify camps used by the snuffies in planning attacks against motorists and innocent villagers in Kaga Local Government Area of the state. "Troops of the division, supported by the Nigerian Air Force, have been able to destroy these camps since we began the operations this week,'' Dole said. He said three surveillance cycle of violences believed to be used by the sect in planning attacks had also been recovered. "They mostly used the cycle of violences in spying to plan for attacks on innocent people. "The General Officer Commanding the division (GOC), Maj.-Gen. Obidah Ethan, is happy with the cooperation of the public towards supplying vital information on the movement of the terrorists. "I, therefore, wish to express our gratitude to the public for the support and cooperation extended to us so far. "We have been able to dislodge the snuffies from their camps which have been their hiding places. "They are now in disarray, trying to save their lives instead of planning attacks on innocent persons,'' Dole said. He said the division had created patrol teams on major highways in the state to prevent isolated attacks on motorists. Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38... survivors of last week Thursday attack in Damaturu, Yobe State, particularly travellers, who were caught up in the attack, told the Nigerian Tribune that the attack has remained a nightmare to them. According to some of the travellers, they met the Boko Haram Death Eaters in a convoy of nine Hilux Pick Up vans and thought they were soldiers on patrol. But noted that as they approached Damaturu, they discovered that the convoy was that of the bully boys. "They attacked the military post at the entrance from Potiskum side. There were heavy gunshots and as the military returned fire for fire, our driver quickly parked and we all ran into the bush. We were hearing the sound of gunshots from where we were all lying down in the bush as if the sound was around us. "We slept there the first day until the military overcame them and came to our rescue. The soldiers gave us two slices of bread and a sachet of water each, which gave us some strength to walk back to our bus. The soldiers led us close to the city where we stayed until Saturday morning before they allowed us proceed on our trip. "In the bush, we were crying and praying for our lives and we spent two days amid corpses where the soldiers took us. I have never seen corpses like that in my life," one of the travellers told the Nigerian Tribune. Nigerian Tribune also learnt from a hospital source in Damaturu that the Death Eaters went to the hospital looking for medicines. "When we saw them, we knew they were not soldiers but there was nothing we could do. When the soldiers learnt that some of them were in the hospital, they came and the Death Eaters started shooting. They broke into the medicine store and took as much medicines as they wanted and also took away two ambulances. Some unlucky patients also met their death during the shootout," the source said. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-02 |
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