... 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...murderous Moslems were killed when Nigerian troops, comprising soldiers and police operatives repelled a holy warriors attack targeting a convoy of the Borno State Government officials, along Monguno-Nganzai road.
The top government officials in the convoy, PRNigeria gathered, include Kakashehu Lawal, Borno State Attorney General; Mustapha Gubio, Commissioner of Rehabilitation Reconstruction and Resettlement; and that of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Mai-Mele.
An intelligence source told PRNigeria that the government officials were returning from Monguno, where they went to distribute relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), when their convoy came under heavy attack by the terrorists, who rode on several guntrucks.
The source, said that a security team headed by Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Muhammed Ibrahim, as well as a team of soldiers, swiftly engaged the holy warriors in a fierce shootout, which lasted over 15 minutes.
It was gathered that seven murderous Moslems were instantly bumped off, while one was arrested.
The source, added that three soldiers were maimed during the encounter, but were quickly evacuated to a Hospital in Maimalari for treatment Bullet.
"The gallant troops furiously engaged the holy warriors with superior fire power, eliminating at least seven of them whose bodies have been recovered, while several others escaped with bullets wounds.
"Unfortunately, three soldiers were maimed during the shootout, and were evacuated to the Hospital in Maimalari," he said.