Adamawa villagers today killed 70 Boko Haram men searching for food

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, no fewer than 70 members of
Boko Haram were killed today May 16th by members of a vigilante group
in the Madagali town of Adamawa state and captured seven alive who
they handed over to the police.

The vigilantes reportedly acted after they were tipped off by a local
food vendor that the militants were coming to get food before heading
out for a major operation to raid villages in the area, usually
carried out at night.

With this information, the vigilantes mobilized, laid ambush and
patiently waited for the men of the sect. The men, numbering about
100, showed up later at night to pick up their meal and that was when
the vigilantes attacked them, killing most and arresting the ones that
survived the assault. Continue...

Today's attack is reportedly the second time this week that local
vigilantes have defeated Boko Haram men. A security source told
SaharaReporters that resident in many remote areas in the North seem
to have decided that the best way to repel incessant attacks by Boko
Haram insurgents was to take matters into their own hands.

A vigilante member involved in today's ambush told a Sahara Reporters
correspondent that Nigerian soldiers appear unable or unwilling to
wage an effective war against the insurgents.

"They (soldiers) seem to be helpless and to fear the Boko Haram
warriors who terrorize us here. But we are not afraid. They are men
like us. And we are tired of folding up our hands and allowing them to
kill us, to kill our wives and to kill our children."

Source: Sahara Reporters