the rise of the civilians
against terror took the
Boko Haram saga to a new
turn in the early
hours of Tuesday morning
when citizens of Rann,
headquarters of Kala-Balge
local government
area, Borno northeast, who
had fore-knowledge
of an impending Boko
Haram attack, decided not
to remain sitting ducks but
prepared for battle.
According to reports we
received from Civilian
sources in Borno, over 400
Boko Haram
terrorists stormed Rann and
neighboring villages
in the early hours of
Tuesday, with their usual
convoy of hilux trucks,
motorcycles and APC
(Armored Personnel
Carriers) only to meet
villagers ready for them
this time. The civilian
villagers pounced on the
terrorists with mere
rocks, bows and arrows,
local Dane guns,
swords and "charms," but
as we have earlier
reported, Boko Haram are
more frightened of
Civilian-JTF than they are
of the Nigerian army,
and run from the civilians
even if they - the
civilians only have knives
The battle raged till the sun
came up and ended
with the civilians killing
over 200 Boko Haram
terrorists, capturing several
prisoners and
recovering several of their
vehicles.
From an account of a
civilian who participated in
defending the
neighborhoods, "Our
people also
recovered over 70
motorcycles that the
attackers came with. They
also collected 2 Hilux
vehicles and an Armoured
Personnel Carrier
(APC) while some of the
attackers were
captured alive."
This amazing victory of
good over evil, promises
a new direction in the war
against terror that has
wrecked hundreds of
farming villages in the
north of Nigeria in the last
four years, largely
unchecked by State
security. Civilians
determined to arrest a
situation they believe the
Nigerian security services
has permitted to
destroy their farming
villages in various towns in
the north east, have
apparently decided take up
a fighting posture against
Boko Haram terrorists;
no longer waiting for a
military response that
hardly ever comes.
Last week, Boko Haram
terrorists ravaged
Gondura Ngala town, freely
without any
hindrance from the
Nigeria
Title : GUYS AREN'T SMILING: CIVILIANS KILL 200 BOKOHARAM TERRORISTS IN BORNO ATTACK YESTERDAY
Description : the rise of the civilians
against terror took the
Boko Haram saga to a new
turn in the early
hours of Tuesday morning
when citizens of ...
