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Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by Omooba77: 6:33am On Jan 17, 2018 |
Boko Haram kills three in Adamawa as Reps visit Buratai The Boko Haram insurgents have struck the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State , killing three persons and injuring two others in a village identified as Pallam. Our correspondent learnt that the Boko Haram fighters , said to be in large numbers , came on motorcycles and attacked the village, during which many of the residents were displaced . This is just as the House of Representatives’ Committee on the Army visited the Chief of Army Staff, Lt . Gen . Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday at the Army Headquarters, Abuja, to review the efforts on the counter- insurgency and other operations . The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen . Sani Usman , who confirmed the visit on Tuesday, had yet to disclose the resolutions of the meeting as of press time . “The committee was on its oversight function visit to the army headquarters, ” Usman said . According to the Agence France - Presse , a community leader in Pallam in the Madagali LGA confirmed the Boko Haram attack on Tuesday, noting that the terrorists stormed the village at about 11 .30 pm on Monday . Maina Ularamu , a former Madagali Local Government Chairman , said the insurgents came to loot food materials from the village. He said , “ Five people were victims of the attack: three were killed and two were critically injured and taken to a hospital . There is no doubt the attackers came from Sambisa. We experience such periodic attacks from Boko Haram , who usually look for food .” The former chairman noted that a security guard at a clinic was also killed after the Boko Haram fighters had looted the facility . A resident, David Maigrai , said , “ They burnt several shops and many homes. They also stole food . On their way out of the village, they ran into some vigilance group members on a patrol in Kuda village, who engaged them in a shootout and killed two of the attackers One of the victims was a shopkeeper who was sleeping inside his shop and refused to open the door to the jihadists . He was reportedly burnt in the building http://punchng.com/bharam-kills-three-in-adamawa-as-reps-visit-buratai/ |
Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by ORACLE1975(m): 6:39am On Jan 17, 2018 |
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Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by Atiku2019: 6:57am On Jan 17, 2018 |
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Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by Omooba77: 7:30am On Jan 17, 2018 |
How they still mobilise in large number still baffle me |
Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by magoo10(m): 7:33am On Jan 17, 2018 |
If it is not killer herdsmen it is bokoharam We are praying that this is not a case of dogs and baboons being soaked in blood. Nigeria have recorded more cases of death and displaced citizens than countries with natural disasters. |
Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by Omooba77: 9:13am On Jan 17, 2018 |
magoo10: May the Lord deliver Nigeria from untruthful men and women and their sycophants |
Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by Omooba77: 10:25am On Jan 17, 2018 |
Boko Haram don become like cancer. |
Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by Omooba77: 5:52pm On Jan 17, 2018 |
Lalasticlala see ooo |
Re: Boko Haram Kills Three In Adamawa As Reps Visit Buratai by Omooba77: 6:38pm On Jan 17, 2018 |
Twin attacks, this one in Adamawa and 12 in Maduguri |
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