According to a report by Sahara Reporters, no fewer than 70
members of Boko Haram were killed today May 16th by members of a vigilante
group in the Madagali town of Adamawa state and captured seven alive who they
handed over to the police.
The vigilantes reportedly acted after they were tipped off
by a local food vendor that the militants were coming to get food before
heading out for a major operation to raid villages in the area, usually carried
out at night.
With this information, the vigilantes mobilized, laid ambush
and patiently waited for the men of the sect. The men, numbering about 100,
showed up later at night to pick up their meal and that was when the vigilantes
attacked them, killing most and arresting the ones that survived the assault.
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Today's attack is reportedly the second time this week that
local vigilantes have defeated Boko Haram men. A security source told SaharaReporters that resident in many remote
areas in the North seem to have decided that the best way to repel incessant
attacks by Boko Haram insurgents was to take matters into their own hands.
A vigilante member involved in today's ambush told a Sahara Reporters correspondent that Nigerian soldiers appear unable or unwilling to wage an effective war against the insurgents.
"They (soldiers) seem to be helpless and to fear the
Boko Haram warriors who terrorize us here. But we are not afraid. They are men
like us. And we are tired of folding up our hands and allowing them to kill us,
to kill our wives and to kill our children."
Source: Sahara Reporters
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