No
fewer than 41 suspected members of Boko Haram sect were
killed and beheaded by men of the Civilian Joint Task Force, a.k.a Civilian
JTF, at Biu, Borno State following a failed attempt by the insurgents to
overrun the Sabon Gari village, in Damboa Local Government Area of the state,
Thursday.
Biu,
located south and about 185 kilometers drive from Maiduguri the state capital,
is one of the largest local government areas in the state.
Sources
told Saturday 247aproko 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 told
Saturday Vanguard that, “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,” he added.
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