Nigeria is about to host the World Economic Forum, and the Haramis (to use the term coined by Omar) have decided to take maximum advantage of the media attention.
In a separate attack 8 more girls have been kidnapped as well. Short of an immediate occupation of the northern and western provinces by US/UK forces it is unclear what can be done. But even if that unlikely event happens immediately the cry will go up: America is converting Nigeria into Afghanistan (also it is all about Oil).
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An
attack by Boko Haram Islamists in a northeastern Nigerian town on the
Cameroon border has killed hundreds of people, a local senator and
witnesses said on Wednesday.
Senator Ahmed Zanna added that the
town of Gamboru Ngala had been left unguarded because the soldiers
based there to protect the population had been redeployed north towards
Lake Chad in an effort to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by
Boko Haram on April 14.
Gunmen riding in armoured vehicles and on motorcycles stormed the town on Monday and razed much of the area.
Residents said survivors fled when the attack began, with the
insurgents firing on civilians as they tried to run to safety into
Cameroon.
Casualty figures had remained unclear in the hours
after the attack because the town had been overrun by extremist fighters
and it was not possible to return to assess the loss of life, witnesses
had previously told AFP. “I have been in constant touch with
Gamboru (Ngala),” Zanna said. “From information reaching me from the
town, the death toll from the attack is around 300,” he added.
“All economic and business centres have been burnt. The market in the
town which attracts traders from all over the area … has been
completely burnt,” he added.
Speaking by phone from Gamboru
Ngala, resident Musa Abba told AFP that the town was “littered with more
than 100 dead bodies,” adding that the search was continuing and the
toll may rise
.
least 300 people were confirmed dead on Monday when Boko Haram gunmen
in armoured vehicles stormed Gamborou Ngala town in Borno state.
According
source the security forces earlier deployed to area, moved to the Lake
Chad axis when they received intelligence report that some gunmen were
sighted with abducted schoolgirls moving to the area.
The
insurgents targetted a local market and fired sporadic shots into the
crowd before proceeding into the town to wreak more havoc.
Gamborou,
which is situated along Nigeria-Cameroon border is the administrative
headquatres of Ngala local government of the state, about 200km from
Maiduguri, the capital city.
Senator Ahmed Zannah, who is from the
area confirmed the killings, said the invaders spent 12 hours wreaking
havoc on defenceless civilians.
He said several other persons were
also injured in the attack, while almost all the houses and shops in
the town were burnt down.
Senator zannah, who spoke in a BBC Hausa
report monitored in Maiduguri yesterday said many people were wounded,
while surviving victims rendered homeless as thousands of houses and
shops were burnt by the rampaging gunmen.
He pointed out that the
attackers were armed with dangerous weapons comprising of Armored
Personnel Carries , (APC), Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs), petrol
bombs, assault rifles and Rocket Propelled Launchers (RPGs).
“The
attackers stormed the communities in the night when residents were still
sleeping, setting ablaze houses, shops and residents who tried to
escaped from
the fire, were shot ” Shehu said.
He added also that “ About 300 persons were confirmed dead after the incident,
with several others injured. Almost all the houses in the communities
were destroyed by the hoodlums who threw Improvised Explosive Devices
(IEDs) at the
buidings.
My brother who was at the scene of the
attack told me that the actual number of the dead cannot be ascertained
but at least they are upto 300. In fact as we spoke he wept following
the high number of the dead bodies which littered the market”, he
declared.
According to him, the security forces earlier deployed
to area, moved to the Lake Chad axis when they received intelligence
report that some gunmen were sighted with abducted schoolgirls moving to
the area.
“Initially there were many security operatives in the
town to secure it from possible attacks. However upon receiving
information over the movements of insurgents with kidnapped Chibok
schoolgirls towards Lake Chad area,they withdraw and moved further to
confront the gunmen.
It was just an hour after their withdrawal
that the terrorists indaved the town, shooting everyone at sight and
setting buildings on fire. So far 200 vehicles and thousands of houses,
shops and an outfit of the Nigerian Customs Service, (NCS) were all
burnt”, he explained.
A local government official who declined identification also confirmed the casualty figures.
“It
is really a terrible situation, we had wanted to rush relief materials
to the area to provide temporary succor to the victims. But we were
prevailed upon by security agents to shelve our plans on security
reasons”.
The official appealed to the state and Federal Governmenst to assist the area with resources towards rehabilitating the victims.
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Gamborou, which is situated along Nigeria-Cameroon border is the
administrative headquatres of Ngala local government of the state, about 200km
from Maiduguri, the capital city.
Senator Ahmed Zannah, who is from the area confirmed the killings, said the
invaders spent 12 hours wreaking havoc on defenceless civilians. He said several other persons were also injured in the attack, while almost
all the houses and shops in the town were burnt down.
Senator Zannah, who spoke in a BBC Hausa report monitored in Maiduguri
yesterday said many people were wounded, while surviving victims rendered
homeless as thousands of houses and shops were burnt by the rampaging gunmen.
He pointed out that the attackers were armed with dangerous weapons
comprising of Armored Personnel Carries , (APC), Improvised Explosive Devices,
(IEDs), petrol bombs, assault rifles and Rocket Propelled Launchers (RPGs). “The attackers stormed the communities in the night when residents were
still sleeping, setting ablaze houses, shops and residents who tried to escaped
from the fire, were shot ” he said.
According to him, the security forces earlier deployed to area, moved to the
Lake Chad axis when they received intelligence report that some gunmen were sighted
with abducted schoolgirls moving to the area.
“Initially there were many security operatives in the town to secure it from
possible attacks. However upon receiving information over the movements of
insurgents with kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls towards Lake Chad area,they
withdraw and moved further to confront the gunmen.
It was just an hour after their withdrawal that the terrorists invaded the
town, shooting everyone at sight and setting buildings on fire. So far 200
vehicles and thousands of houses, shops and an outfit of the Nigerian Customs
Service, (NCS) were all burnt”, he explained.
least 300 people were confirmed dead on Monday when Boko Haram gunmen
in armoured vehicles stormed Gamborou Ngala town in Borno state.
According
source the security forces earlier deployed to area, moved to the Lake
Chad axis when they received intelligence report that some gunmen were
sighted with abducted schoolgirls moving to the area.
The
insurgents targetted a local market and fired sporadic shots into the
crowd before proceeding into the town to wreak more havoc.
Gamborou,
which is situated along Nigeria-Cameroon border is the administrative
headquatres of Ngala local government of the state, about 200km from
Maiduguri, the capital city.
Senator Ahmed Zannah, who is from the
area confirmed the killings, said the invaders spent 12 hours wreaking
havoc on defenceless civilians.
He said several other persons were
also injured in the attack, while almost all the houses and shops in
the town were burnt down.
Senator zannah, who spoke in a BBC Hausa
report monitored in Maiduguri yesterday said many people were wounded,
while surviving victims rendered homeless as thousands of houses and
shops were burnt by the rampaging gunmen.
He pointed out that the
attackers were armed with dangerous weapons comprising of Armored
Personnel Carries , (APC), Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs), petrol
bombs, assault rifles and Rocket Propelled Launchers (RPGs).
“The
attackers stormed the communities in the night when residents were still
sleeping, setting ablaze houses, shops and residents who tried to
escaped from
the fire, were shot ” Shehu said.
He added also that “ About 300 persons were confirmed dead after the incident,
with several others injured. Almost all the houses in the communities
were destroyed by the hoodlums who threw Improvised Explosive Devices
(IEDs) at the
buidings.
My brother who was at the scene of the
attack told me that the actual number of the dead cannot be ascertained
but at least they are upto 300. In fact as we spoke he wept following
the high number of the dead bodies which littered the market”, he
declared.
According to him, the security forces earlier deployed
to area, moved to the Lake Chad axis when they received intelligence
report that some gunmen were sighted with abducted schoolgirls moving to
the area.
“Initially there were many security operatives in the
town to secure it from possible attacks. However upon receiving
information over the movements of insurgents with kidnapped Chibok
schoolgirls towards Lake Chad area,they withdraw and moved further to
confront the gunmen.
It was just an hour after their withdrawal
that the terrorists indaved the town, shooting everyone at sight and
setting buildings on fire. So far 200 vehicles and thousands of houses,
shops and an outfit of the Nigerian Customs Service, (NCS) were all
burnt”, he explained.
A local government official who declined identification also confirmed the casualty figures.
“It
is really a terrible situation, we had wanted to rush relief materials
to the area to provide temporary succor to the victims. But we were
prevailed upon by security agents to shelve our plans on security
reasons”.
The official appealed to the state and Federal Governmenst to assist the area with resources towards rehabilitating the victims.
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