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| Boko Haram Takes Over Madagali, Other Adamawa Villages | |
| 2014-08-25 | |
| [LEADERSHIP.NG] Gunmen suspected to be 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... snuffies have overrun many border villages of Madagali local government area of Adamawa State and hoisted their flags, barely 48 hours after they annexed the National Police Mobile Training Camp in Limankara village of Gwoza LGA of Borno State, local sources revealed. Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy's udder had begun to ache... the police high command has said that 35 coppers and men were still missing from the Police Mobile Force Training School in Gwoza. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... the recent attack on the border villages of Adamawa, according to local sources, was the most lethal in recent times, resulting in many casualties as the snuffies captured many villages in one fell swoop as security operatives in the areas allegedly took to their heels. The executive chairman of Madagali, Mr James Abawu Watharda, while confirming the attack in a phone chat, said the snuffies struck the local government in large numbers, wielding sophisticated weapons including rocket-propelled launchers, improvised bombs and petrol bombs, and started shooting at innocent people and setting property items ablaze before overpowering security operatives and vigilante groups and immediately hoisted their flags. "Yes, some Boko Haram snuffies invaded most of our villages, shooting sporadically and in the process killing many innocent people and destroying a lot of houses before hoisting their flags in different locations. "We are worried with the spate of killings and destruction by snuffies without the intervention of the security operatives," he said. Reports indicated that the krazed killer attack on Madagali has caused anxiety in neighbouring local governments areas of Michika Hong and Gombi: people were said to be on the run. The chairman further disclosed that the areas dispersed by Boko Haram snuffies include Madagali town, Sabongari and Kafin Hausa. A security source also added that, in Sabon Gari 2, churches were razed down while one person was killed at Kafin Hausa before they left into the bushes. In addition, the chairman added that the snuffies were becoming impregnable as they had a field day killing people and destroying property. They seem uncontrollable even as the security personnel avoided any confrontation with them, he stated. "For now people are fleeing for their lives and no one can tell the exact casualty, because of the pandemonium that ensued," he said. Reports say that this development forced some internally displaced persons who bravely ran away from the Gwoza attacks three weeks ago and resettled at neighbouring Madagali town, and residents had to vacate their community following the sounds of kabooms and gunshots that signalled another krazed killer attack. One of the Gwoza refugees who was in Gulak after fleeing, Mr Dauda Musa, said that "the latest attack forced many people in Madagali including the displaced persons to flee to neighbouring Mubi and Gombi towns of Adamawa for fear of possible attacks from the snuffies who now operate freely without confrontation from security operatives". All efforts to get the police public relations officer in Adamawa, Mr Michael Haa, proved abortive as his phone line was switched off at the time of going to press.
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| Posted by:Fred |