... 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...bully boyz took over.
Gubio Local Council Chairman Zanna Modu says that soldiers repelled the bully boyz on August 11 in the town north of Maiduguri, but withdrew last week. He said bully boyz took over Wednesday, setting houses and public buildings on fire. No casualty toll was yet available.
Another local official Usman Zannah said Boko Haram also took over Magumeri which is also north of Maiduguri. Zannah said bully boyz are taking advantage of troop withdrawals from strategic locations.
Nigerian military authorities have not given comment on these latest attacks.
Boko Haram’s 10-year insurgency has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.