Boko Haram Claims New Land In Nigeria, Hoists Flag Over New Borno Town as Nigerian Government seems clueless

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="http://cdn-01.naij.com/o/3zXGN2ScGPuVqm0fP3q19IpH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Boko Haram" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-277173" height="245" src="http://cdn-01.naij.com/o/3zXGN2ScGPuVqm0fP3q19IpH.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="470" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />After their sudden attack on the National Police Mobile Training Camp in Limankara village of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state recently, Insurgent group Boko Haram has attacked Pulka village of Gwoza and sacked the whole community, hoisting their flag and claiming it as part of their unrecognised republic.</span><br /> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_277173" style="width: 480px;"> <div class="wp-caption-text"> </div> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pulka is located 20 kilometres from destroyed Gwoza town which is surrounded between the Mandara Mountains close to the camerounian border.<br />This is not the first time, Pulka has been stormed into by the insurgent group, the latest attack happened on Thursday evening and is said to be the deadliest, as the Islamic group went on a killing rampage with quite a number of residents being killed and properties, shops and vehicles being destroyed.<br />One source told Vanguard: <em>“the insurgents, large in number, and using Rocket Propelled Launchers, Improvised Explosive Devices and petrol bombs,  invaded Pulka and opened fire on innocent civilians before overpowering security operatives and vigilante groups and  hoisting  their flags”.</em><br />Refugees from the area have been on the run ever since the insurgent group over took Gwoza three weeks<br /><a href="" name="more"></a>ago and are now going over to Madagali town of Adamawa state.<br />One of such refugees, Mr. Yakubu Jidda told reporters:<em> “the latest attack on Pulka 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 terrorists who now operate freely without confrontation from security operatives”.</em><br />One member of  Kashim Shettima community said: <em>“Yes some Boko Haram terrorists invaded Pulka and killed many innocent people and destroyed  a lot of  houses before hoisting their flags in different locations of Pulka.  We,  the people of Gwoza are very  worried with the spate of killings and destruction by terrorists without  military or security agencies confronting them.</em><br /><em>“The terrorists are now having a field day in any community they storm in Gwoza. Just  last Wednesday, the terrorists invaded the Police  Mobile Training Camp in nearby Limankara village and took over the facilities on ground.”</em><br />Thousands including security operatives have been killed across Nigeria, and many rendered homeless especially in the north-eastern region since Boko Haram launched its violent attacks in 2009.<br />Members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect had reportedly seized the town of Buni Yadi town, in Yobe State, on August 20.<br /></span></div>

Boko Haram Claims New Land In Nigeria, Hoists Flag Over New Borno Town as Nigerian Government seems clueless

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Boko Haram Exploits in Gwoza: An Insider Account

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shettim-agoza-people.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Boko Haram exploits in Gwoza: The inside story"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="shettim agoza people" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shettim-agoza-people-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Boko Haram exploits in Gwoza: The inside story" width="702" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Boko Haram exploits in Gwoza: The inside story</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=78287#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></a></header><div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">…Appoints Ameer who now sits on the Emir’s throne</strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Sincerely speaking, my people, including the traders and other businessmen and women, have been prevented from travelling to Maiduguri to buy industrial and household goods for sale to customers in my chiefdom with an estimated population of 655, 000 in 11 wards and other border communities with Cameroon.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Besides that, there is no blessed day the <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Boko Haram </i>gunmen will not kill 7 to 15 residents on these three roads that had already been blocked and taken over by insurgents. My people have been prevented from going to work on their farmlands last year; and even the limited cultivated farmlands with harvests, including my 350-hectre farmlands and orchards at Jaje village, were seized by the insurgents last October… Therefore, I am pleading, and will continue to beg the Military, Police and other security agencies in the state to take emergency action on the three blocked and taken-over roads in Gwoza council area. If my people flee to Cameroon, leaving me alone in this palace, who will I rule, as their traditional and religious leader in this chiefdom?”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Those were the words of the late Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idris Timta, in April, this year, in his “Save Our Soul” SOS, letter to the Federal Government and all the security agencies in Borno State.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But by May this year, about one month after crying out, the late emir was sent to his grave, by the same people-<i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Boko Haram</i>, he had cried to security agencies, to save his people from.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And even after his death, the insurgents appear not done yet with the town, surrounded by several hills. At the last count, the town, <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday Sun’s </i>investigations reveal, has been seized by the insurgents, with the late emir’s son, who is now the new emir, fleeing to safety.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Before the <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">emir’s </i>date with the insurgents in May this year, one of his sons, who was the District Head of Takumbari, in Gwoza Council area of the state, was also killed last year by the insurgents.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To show their current control over the town, the insurgents have appointed a spiritual leader, known as Ameer, for the town. The Ameer, who now sits on the <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">emir’s </i>throne, and holds court regularly, right inside the palace, <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday Sun’s </i>investigations further reveal, is a native of Gwoza.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gwoza, for whatever reason, <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday Sun </i>recalls, has always been a centre of attraction for the insurgents, since 2004, when they first invaded Borno State, then on the auspices of the  “Nigerian Taliban.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The group first struck in Yobe State in December 2003, precisely December 22, a day after, according to the then governor, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, they had promised to leave the state. The group equally struck again on December 31 2003, in Yobe State, while on their way to Borno State on a New Year day, when they engaged in a gun duel with military personnel drafted to the border town between Borno and Yobe states, a situation that left two of the members dead.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The group’s first strike in Borno State, <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday Sun </i>further recalls, was recorded on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, when the group invaded Bama and Gwoza towns, in Borno State, where the Area Commander-in-Charge of Bama, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Ismail Sirajo, was brutally murdered.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But after about four days of gun battle between them and a combined team of Army and mobile policemen then, the group was subdued, losing about 40 of its members in the process.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The operation, carried out during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s second term in office, was supervised at the time by the current chairman of the Police Service Commission, retired IGP Mike Okiro, as DIG, in charge of  Operations, under the then IGP Tafa Balogun.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Why is it then difficult for the Army to rout the insurgents from Gwoza, considering the fact that the late emir had raised the alarm on the group’s occupation of parts of his territory before his death?</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Although, the Army is yet to issue any statement since the insurgents occupied major parts of Gwoza formally, about two weeks ago, a highly placed personality from the area told <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday Sun: </i>“We are at a loss, as to what is happening. No one can really say, we can only continue to guess.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Remember that the governor once came up to speak on the need to equip and motivate our soldiers so that they can confront these criminals headon. His call was misconstrued. But recent events and statements from both the Presidency and the Army have further vindicated the governor.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“As we speak, if you are travelling on that road, you can hardly notice the difference between our Army and <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Boko Haram </i>militants. They dress in military uniform, using the same vehicles as our military. Until probably when you come face-to-face with them, that is when you know these chaps are in borrowed uniform.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I read you people writing that the military has re-taken Damboa from the insurgents. Let the truth be told, the military did not re-take anything. Those guys (insurgents) had a field day, in Damboa, and when they were done, they left on their own volition.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It is the same group which left Damboa, which has taken over our town (Gwoza). As I speak, majority of our people, have run to Adamawa State. We are just praying to God that one day, they will leave Gwoza too, because our military appears helpless. And only God knows the reason,” the source added.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking on the development, after accompanying Governor Kashim Shettima, to Adamawa and Gombe states, to visit the displaced persons, Senator Ali Ndume, who is from Gwoza, and who represents Borno South Senatorial District, at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, disclosed in Yola last Wednesday that Gwoza was under “siege.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He further said it was “sad that we have to wait till now that people are being killed for government to take action. We know that for long, the road to Gwoza from Maiduguri had been a no-go area even for the soldiers.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It is a known fact that soldiers of the Nigerian Army have been overstretched in both human and material capacity. The Federal Government has to rise to the occasion to give these soldiers the needed support to work. Two major Federal Government bridges leading to Gwoza have been bombed and no one seemed concerned about this.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Our hope is not lost because we kept praying that the insurgency will soon come to an end. This is not the first time in history of the nation that insurgency attack is happening. It had happened before, only that the way Nigeria is handling it is quite different.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We are in Madagali, Gulak, Mubi and other villages in the borders of Borno and Adamawa to sympathise with, and console our people over the loss of their beloved ones and properties. We will be visiting Biu and Gombe to meet with the other displaced persons there.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We have learnt from our mistakes of handling the insurgency problem. If the right thing was done, it would not have happened in the first place. Now that it has happened there is no point apportioning blame on any person or group, this is the time to look for solution,” a beleaguered Ndume, said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As at the time of filing this report, the insurgents were said to have invaded and taken over the Mobile Police Training College, in Gwoza. For a very long time, the college, remained the only one in the country, until that of Ila Oragun, in Osun State, was added to it, under then IGP, Tafa Balogun.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Similarly, they are also said to have taken over Buniyadi town, in Yobe State. But details remained sketchy, as at press time, just as the Army was yet to make any formal statement on the latest developments.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Boko Haram Exploits in Gwoza: An Insider Account

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BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Suspect Arrested With Bomb At Nigerian Airspace Agency Office

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; color: black; font-size: small; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.thetrentonline.com/breaking-news-boko-haram-suspect-arrested-bomb-nigerian-airspace-agency-office-photo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-news-boko-haram-suspect-arrested-bomb-nigerian-airspace-agency-office-photo" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new">BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Suspect Arrested With Bomb At Nigerian Airspace Agency Office (PHOTO)</a></span></h1> <img alt="BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Suspect Arrested With Bomb At Nigerian Airspace Agency Office (PHOTO)" class="aligncenter full-media nomargin" scale="0" src="http://thetrentonlinecom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Masked-Police-In-Borno-The-Trent-e1394877595207-795x528.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Suspect Arrested With Bomb At Nigerian Airspace Agency Office (PHOTO)" /><br /> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-bottom: 10px !important; padding: 5px 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This picture taken shows Nigerian police part of the joint forces in Borno state posing prior to a patrol in Maiduguri. (Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO / Quentin Lebouche</span></div> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-bottom: 10px !important; padding: 5px 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There was an attempt by a suspected member of boko haram to bomb the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA office in Lagos, ThisDay</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/breaking-news-police-arrest-boko-haram-suspect-at-nama-office/186683/" style="outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">reports</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">.</span></div> <div class="pf-content"> <div style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The suspect was arrested just few minutes ago and the explosives with him recovered.</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_62526" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; max-width: 98% !important; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; width: 410px;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://thetrentonlinecom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Suspect-at-NAMA1.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="The suspect and the alleged manual timer (Photo Credit: ThisDay)" class="size-full wp-image-62526" height="231" scale="0" src="http://thetrentonlinecom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Suspect-at-NAMA1.jpg" style="border: none; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="400" /></span></a></div> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 7px; padding: 0px 0px 3px 4px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The suspect and the alleged manual timer (Photo Credit: ThisDay)</span></div> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 7px; padding: 0px 0px 3px 4px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He is currently in police custody.</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> </div>

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Chadian Soldiers Rescue And Free people kidnapped by Boko Haram

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="story-featured-image" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 15px; min-width: 378px !important; width: 368px;"> <img alt="Arrested Boko Haram suspects and soldiers" class="attachment-bigstoryimage" height="225" scale="0" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Arrested-Boko-Haram-suspects-and-soldiers-360x225.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-right: 10px; padding: 4px;" width="360" /><div class="featured-image-caption" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 5px 10px 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Arrested Boko Haram suspects and soldiers<br /><small style="font-weight: normal;"><em>| credits: Defence HQ Nigeria</em></small></span></div> </div> <div style="float: left; padding: 10px 18px 5px 0px; width: 370px;"> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7167863529667065" data-ad-slot="6184555097" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="display: inline-block; height: 140px; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: none; display: block; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="140" hspace="0" id="aswift_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_0" scrolling="no" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="370"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chad’s troops have rescued most of the 100 people kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect, following a successful military operation against the sect.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The terrorist group earlier this month kidnapped 100 people, according to a Nigerian security official and a local self-defence member.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Associated Press reported that the rescue operation took place on Friday.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The abductions took place on August 10 in Doron Baga in the Kukawa area near the border with Chad, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said the terrorists were stopped as they crossed the Chad border by Chadian soldiers who killed most of them and set free most of the captives.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Muhammed Gava, a member of the anti-Boko Haram vigilante movement, said 20 females and about 70 young men had been forced to board speed boats in Lake Chad, which lies on the border between Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A source, who spoke to journalists in Maiduguri, said the insurgents attacked the village in the evening and took away some boys and young men.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some of those that fled the area that were sighted in Maiduguri after the attack, said they had to flee because of the constant attacks by the insurgents.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

Chadian Soldiers Rescue And Free people kidnapped by Boko Haram

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Cameroon orders security agents to hide intelligence from Nigeria

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="story-featured-image" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 15px; min-width: 378px !important; width: 368px;"> <img alt="Cameroon" class="attachment-bigstoryimage" height="225" scale="0" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cameroon-360x225.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-right: 10px; padding: 4px;" width="360" /></div> <div style="float: left; padding: 10px 18px 5px 0px; width: 370px;"> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7167863529667065" data-ad-slot="6184555097" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="display: inline-block; height: 140px; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: none; display: block; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="140" hspace="0" id="aswift_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_0" scrolling="no" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="370"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Strong indications have emerged that Nigeria’s neighbour, Cameroon, is not cooperating with the country in the efforts to stop the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and its borders.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Investigations on Friday revealed that the Cameroonian government had issued a directive to all its military commanders in charge of border areas with Nigeria to keep all critical information about Boko Haram away from Nigeria.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the directive which was obtained by our correspondent, Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Mr. Rene Emmanuel Sadi, reportedly told the commanders to withhold crucial information about the insurgents from Nigeria.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sadi, had in the letter with Decree no …G/D/MINATD, with the title, ‘Strong Message’ addressed to the Commander, Rapid Intervention Brigade, noted that Cameroon did not want the grave security situation in Nigeria to spill over to the country.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He stated also that information on Nigeria from western countries portrayed Nigeria in a negative manner.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He charged the Cameroonian forces to be vigilant along the border to prevent further spill over of Boko Haram violence into the country.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The minister said the Cameroonian Head of State, Mr. Paul Biya, had charged all the units to ensure that activities of the insurgents were not allowed to get into the country.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The letter read, “As you are aware of the security situation in the country, and the impending turmoil/danger coming from our neighbour, Nigeria, you must keep all important information regarding the Islamic sect under your control without sharing all the information with Nigerians.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We do not want the situation from our neighbouring country to spill over to our country.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Information from our Western friends portrays Nigeria negatively.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A security source further told <em>SUNDAY PUNCH</em> on Friday that only 200 soldiers had been deployed in the areas where the Francophone country said it had deployed 1,000 soldiers to secure its own side of the border.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Further investigations revealed that the Chief of Defence Staff of Cameroun had relocated to the North of the country to keep critical intelligence away from Nigeria.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When contacted, the Director, Public Communication department, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Ahmedu Ogbole-Ode, said he was not aware of that Cameroon was not cooperating with Nigeria in the campaign against terrorism, adding that he did not know that Cameroon had ordered its security personnel not to work with the country.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “I am not aware of the content of the letter, in fact, I’m hearing it from you for the first time. I cannot comment on the level of cooperation between Cameroon and Nigeria unless I get the necessary information from our mission in Yaounde.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Cameroonian Mission in Nigeria could not be reached for comments on Friday as calls to the office was not responded to.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When our correspondent contacted the Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen Chris Olukolade, he said the Nigerian military was willing to collaborate with all bodies willing to aid the fight against insurgency in the North-East.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “The Nigerian military is disposed to cooperate with anyone who is an ally in the fight against terrorism within the country, the sub region and anywhere.”</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

Cameroon orders security agents to hide intelligence from Nigeria

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Boko Haram: Panic in Borno/Adamawa Communities as Boko Haram flee Gwoza

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Boko-Haram-militants1.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Panic in Borno/Adamawa communities"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Boko-Haram-militants" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Boko-Haram-militants1-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Panic in Borno/Adamawa communities" width="702" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Panic in Borno/Adamawa communities</span></span></h1> </header><div class="post-meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">…As Boko Haram insurgents flee Gwoza</strong></div> <div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fear has gripped residents of some communi­ties around the border of Borno and Ad­amawa states following rumours that Boko Ha­ram insurgents fleeing from Gwoza may attack their communities.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ezekiel Musa and Markus Yalah, both residents of Askira, south of Borno and Madagali in Adamawa State said they fled the communi­ties yesterday to Maiduguri to stay with their brothers in response to the rumour that Boko Haram was planning to attack their towns.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We heard Boko Haram men left Gwoza and have vowed to attack some com­munities in Askira/Uba again. So most people have not been sleeping very well since Thursday. We had to leave because everybody is talking about it. We came through Biu to Gujba in Yobe,” Markus disclosed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, a Maiduguri resident who did not want his name in print confirmed the develop­ment, adding that his mother intimated him about the anxiety in his village. “My mother told me people in our village didn’t sleep since Thursday. I asked her to come to Maiduguri, but she refused, I’m worried about her safety now,” the resident, a civil servant told Sunday Sun. He said the movement of Boko Haram insurgent out of Gwoza on Thursday has triggered panic in the area.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For nearly 10 days, Boko Haram insurgents took over Gwoza town, about 183 from the capital Maiduguri after a deadly attack. Thousands of residents were forced to flee the area even as mili­tary forces battled to regain control of the hilly town. Sources however said the in­tensity of military air strikes on the area pushed out the in­surgents on Thursday as they headed for Pulka, few kilo­metres away where they car­ried out another attack, fuel­ing speculation the terrorists may visit other communities southward with violence.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, a member representing Gwoza State Constituency in the Borno State House of Assembly, Hon Usman Jana Babayo has said over 65 per cent of peo­ple displaced by the recent Gwoza attack have taken ref­uge in Uba, Borno and Mubi in Adamawa State but lack food and clean water. He said the situation compelled Bor­no State government to pro­cure relief materials worth N10 million, adding that the materials have been distrib­uted to those at Madagali, 40 kilometres, south of Gwoza.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Some fled to Uba and Madagali while others went as far as Mubi in Adamawa for safety. Some are still on the mountain,” he disclosed.<b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></b></span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Boko Haram: Panic in Borno/Adamawa Communities as Boko Haram flee Gwoza

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Nigerian troops flee Gwoza as Boko haram takes over

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6717142524837469242" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 670px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fkjNjFUPSOHcc9vUgDMjLCfsSsKaoqGDLZquBs_s_6J2LZYkctai6KXbLizzz06gMNkf9CrF4Cy8WyQsB0O26B99IazS1meBqmMsCjHG42Hda4LLP4XnE9MBlt3r_4GiNtEV-6EVYgxY/s1600/_65582764_65582763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fkjNjFUPSOHcc9vUgDMjLCfsSsKaoqGDLZquBs_s_6J2LZYkctai6KXbLizzz06gMNkf9CrF4Cy8WyQsB0O26B99IazS1meBqmMsCjHG42Hda4LLP4XnE9MBlt3r_4GiNtEV-6EVYgxY/s1600/_65582764_65582763.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6717142524837469242" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 670px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> Unconfirmed report has it that Nigerian troops are nowhere to be found in Gwoza, Borno state as Boko haram insurgents have successfully taken control of the community.<br /><br />Sahara reporters reveal that Nigerian soldiers were defeated by the terror group three days after they first invaded the town, killing over 100 civilians and several soldiers.<br /><br />Some units of the Nigerian Army 213 battalion, Operation Task Force Mike and 234 battalion, which attempted to retake Gwoza Township from Islamist militant Boko Haram, beat a hasty retreat on Thursday night as the militants showed superior firepower.<br /><br />The soldiers were reported to have been led into the battle by Lieutenant BMG Martins and Lt. Colonel Agu of the 234 Battalion, formerly Special Operations Battalion (SOB), but they were given the surprise of their lives when they ran into stiff resistance from the militants as they advanced on Gwoza from the Madagali axis.<br /><br />The soldiers retreated but the militants set off in hot pursuit, chased them and snatched one of their tanks as well as the driver of the tank. They then called the soldier’s wife and informed her that her husband was in captivity.<br /><br />Col. Agu has himself not been since then.<br /><br />SaharaReporters sources said that following the encounter, some 30 Hilux pick up vans were used to bring back to Mubi in Adamawa State several wounded and dead soldiers.<br /><br />The defeat of Nigerian soldiers in Gwoza puts the strategic town firmly in the hands of Boko Haram militants three days after they first invaded the town, killing over 100 civilians and several soldiers.<br /><br />It is the second time in 24 hours that Nigerians soldiers were defeated by Boko Haram in an attempt to retake Gwoza. The army had recently retaken Damoboa, over two weeks after Boko Haram overran the town and planted its flag.<br /><br />Nigerian army sources in Abuja said that following the attack, they have yet to find Lt. Col Agu. They further confirmed that about three military alpha jets have been deployed to the area to assist in the rescue of soldiers who might be trapped in mountains surrounding Gwoza.<br /><br />Military sources blame the Brigade commander for asking the contingent to withdraw from Gwoza after they made contact with the terrorists, adding that the hasty retreat emboldened Boko Haram militants to chase and kill the soldiers during the unusual retreat.</span><div style="clear: both;"> </div> </div> <div class="post-footer" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="post-author vcard" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em;">Posted by <span class="fn" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="g-profile" data-gapiattached="true" data-gapiscan="true" data-onload="true" href="https://plus.google.com/104542530973138887446" rel="author" style="text-decoration: none;" title="author profile"><span itemprop="name">Esito Ekpo</span> </a></span></span><span class="post-timestamp" style="margin-left: -1em; 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Nigerian troops flee Gwoza as Boko haram takes over

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