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| Gunmen kill 18 traders in Yobe |
| 2014-02-06 |
| [DAILYPOST.NG] Gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded 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... sect attacked and killed 18 traders in a local market in Yobe State on Monday night. DailyPost also learnt that a lecturer with the College of Agriculture Gujba was also attacked while returning from Ashaka from Gombe State and killed at Buni Gari by the fleeing gunnies. The Yobe State police commissioner, Alhaji Sanusi Rufai confirmed on Tuesday that the 18 traders were killed by armed bandidos in two villages in Gulani Local Government Area. The Yobe police boss in a chat with newsmen said "the traders were ambushed by the bandidos while travelling back from Ngalda local market. "The bandidos attacked and killed 18 traders, 10 from kukuwa and 8 from Dokshi vilages and took away their money estimated at millions of naira". He disclosed that the bandidos were masked and dressed in military uniform. "The bandidos were masked and wearing army uniform", he said. Alhaji Sanusi explained that the attackers also ran into a quarry and attacked coppers attached to a quarry plant in the area, killing one policeman. Although the CP revealed that no arrest was made, he noted that "the Joint Task force (JTF) and police are now combing the bush and, security agents across the state were on red alert". He, however, regretted that "bandidos are now parading themselves as Boko Haram to wreck havoc on innocent people and inject fears in them". |
| Posted by:Fred |