... 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...
Death Eater group in the northeast, following last Friday pre-dawn attacks on a military barracks in Bama town.
"Over 50 of them (Boko Haram) died in the course of exchange of fire with ground troops in the ongoing operations to apprehend fleeing terrorists," Major General Chris Olukolade, the defense director of information, said in a statement obtained by Xinhua.
He said the military also lost 15 soldiers mostly from the attack while some died during the pursuit, adding that a total of five civilians also died during the attack.
According to Olukolade, the military operations led to the destruction of over 20 vehicles conveying escaping Death Eaters.
He added that the vehicles were the ones used during the attack on the barracks and were sighted through air surveillance as the Death Eaters were making efforts to cross the borders back to their haven in Cameroon.
Last Friday, the military said Bama barracks was attacked by Death Eaters who came from cells located across Nigerian Border with Cameroon through Banki town, adding that high caliber weapons such as anti-aircraft and rocket propelled guns were freely used in the attack that lasted several hours.
Bama town, about 65 km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, had suffered numerous attacks from Boko Haram bad boys, forcing some residents to flee.
Many residents were killed in May when suspected Death Eaters raided Bama Town, killing mostly children and women.
Violence has intensified in northeastern Nigeria since President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
ordered his security forces in May to crush Boko Haram's four-year-old rebellion.
The Nigerian forces have been raiding Death Eater camps and launching air and ground attacks on suspected hideouts of the Death Eaters over the past two months.
Borno State, located in Nigeria's northeast region, is a flashpoint of attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram since 2009, when the sect launched its insurgency targeting churches, security facilities, schools and villages.