... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...jihadists attacked loggers in northeastern Nigeria, members of a militia force told AFP Wednesday.
The group came under attack on Monday in Koshebe forest, 10 kilometres (six miles) from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, militia leader Babakura Kolo said.
The assailants were supporters of a long-time factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau
... the lunatic leader of Boko Haram who has been reported dead at least eleven times, pledged his body and soul to ISIS, told his fighters to hang it up once or twice, and been fired by the Caliph and refused to step down ..., he said.
"We have recovered a lotal of 14 bodies from the scene of the attack and we are still looking for four more," Kolo said.
"We recovered nine bodies yesterday (Tuesday) and five more this morning," said militiaman Mohammed Asheik, who was among the search team combing the bush for bodies.
Four other wood-cutters are missing and presumed killed, he said.
The loggers, who were in the forest to cut firewood, came from Lawanti village in Jere area, which the jihadists have previously targeted.
The bodies were scattered over a large area because the jihadists pursued the loggers and gunned them down as they fled, said Kolo.
Boko Haram has repeatedly targeted farmers, loggers and herders, accusing them of passing information on the group to soldiers and the pro-government militia fighting them.
Last month, four farmers were killed as they worked near Molai village, five kms outside Maiduguri.