[DAILYPOST.NG] Barely four days after gunnies suspected to be members of Boko Haram... 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...
burnt down a Church and the country home of a serving member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Peter Biye in Gwoza town, another group of Death Eaters on Sunday launched a fresh attack in Sabon Gari Village in Hambagda Jaji ward of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state killing 8 people, while several residents sustained gunshot injuries.
This is even as Honourable Biye told DailyPost in Maiduguri that since the beginning of the endless Boko Haram attacks, over 200 churches have been completely razed down, leaving only 8 functional churches in the whole of Gwoza Council area.
It would be recalled that on the 8th of January this year, about 8 gunnies stormed the politician's village, a Christian dominated community, at about 8 pm and carted away over 70 domestic animals before setting the buildings ablaze.
The gunnies while in Biye's house, burnt a consignment of sorghum, which was meant for distribution to people to cushion their hardships.
They also burnt 30,000 pieces of exercise books, 30,000 packets of biro,
| ...a brand of ballpoint pen. In British English and other languages the word "Biro" is often used as a generic term for any ballpoint pen. |
The politician, who is the only Christian House of Representatives member from Borno State, lamented that since he was elected by the people of his constituency, there have been series of attacks targeted at the Christian communities in Gwoza, Chibok and Damboa council areas, a situation that forced him to stop visiting his people, including his family members for the past two years.
Biye, who said no life was lost in the house, however, expressed dismay over what he described as "non- challant attitude" of security operatives to secure his constituency, which is one of the worst areas hit by Boko Haram crisis.
He revealed that, prior to the attack on his house by the snuffies last week, he had earlier alerted the security authorities that there was a plan by Death Eaters to attack his village, but all plea to the security authorities to deploy their men to the area fell on deaf ears.
On the Sabon Gari village weekend attack which claimed the lives of eight people in Gwoza council, Biye said, the gunnies stormed the village in the night and opened fire on residents before they fled without being incarcerated
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
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"What is happening in my constituency is very unfortunate, people are being killed by Death Eaters on daily basis, churches are being burnt, and if people like my Honourable self, who is also a member House Committee on Army will alert military authorities that based on intelligent report, my village will be under attack by terrorists, and nothing could be done to secure the area, then it is unfortunate, because an ordinary citizen of this country, especially those from volatile areas are no longer safe or protected by our security outfit.