Forty one members suspected members of the Boko Haram sect
were reportedly killed by Nigerian security forces with support from youth
vigilantes, also known as ‘Civilian JTF’ in a fierce encounter in a village
near Biu town in Borno State, witnesses said yesterday.
It was gathered that the insurgents met their waterloo when
they made fruitless attempts to attack the returning people of Sabon Gari in
Damboa local government area of Borno State who fled their homes over two
months ago.
One of the sources said there was a tip-off that the
terrorists were planning to attack Sabon Gari when hapless locals were barely
returning, but a combined team of the military and vigilantes pursued them to
Gur area around Mandafuma village.
Vigilante member Umar Hassan said: “We engaged the Boko
Haram fighters in a battle which lasted for about two hours and 41 of them were
killed,” adding that they even beheaded the insurgents and took the heads to
Biu town for the people to see.
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