No fewer
than 30 suspected members of Boko Haram were killed Thursday by vigilante
youth, popularly called Civilian JTF, when the sect members, armed with
sophisticated wehttps://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8549230452388908127#editor/target=post;postID=589254379378266591apons, attempted to lay siege to Gubio Local Government Area of
Borno State.
Unconfirmed
report also revealed that about five of the Civilian JTF members sustained
minor injuries with no reported death during the encounter, which lasted about
three hours.
Kareto, a
community in Mobbar Local Government Area and home town of former governor,
Mohammed Goni, was also attacked.
Gubio is
87 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital, while Mobbar, which borders
Niger Republic, is 187 kilometres away.
Mobbar,
according to sources, was under the control of Boko Haram after they invaded
the area last Monday, leaving several people dead, with thousands of residents
displaced.
Sources
said the gunmen, using Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and armed with AK-47
rifles, improvised explosive devices, IEDs, and petrol bombs (Molotov
Cocktail), were sighted at Kareto by some good Samaritans.
The youths
from Gubio and Kateto were alerted. They mobilized and confronted the sect,
killing 30 of them, while several others escaped into the bush with severe
injuries.
Confirming
the killing of the sect members by youth vigilante group, spokesman of Borno Elders
Forum, Engineer Bulama Gubio, said: “There was huge success as 30 members of
Boko Haram, who attempted to overrun Kareto, Gubio and other surrounding
communities were killed by our youths.
“The
areas are now calm as normal activities have since returned.
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