Civilians Kill 200 Boko Haram Terrorists In Borno attack yesterday

Article written by Dr. Peregrino Brimah for ENDS.ng

The rise of the civilians against terror took the Boko Haram saga to a
new turn in the early hours of Tuesday morning when citizens of Rann,
headquarters of Kala-Balge local government area, Borno northeast, who
had fore-knowledge of an impending Boko Haram attack, decided not to
remain sitting ducks but prepared for battle.

According to reports we received from Civilian sources in Borno, over
400 Boko Haram terrorists stormed Rann and neighboring villages in the
early hours of Tuesday, with their usual convoy of hilux trucks,
motorcycles and APC (Armored Personnel Carriers) only to meet
villagers ready for them this time. The civilian villagers pounced on
the terrorists with mere rocks, bows and arrows, local Dane guns,
swords and "charms," but as we have earlier reported, Boko Haram are
more frightened of Civilian-JTF than they are of the Nigerian army,
and run from the civilians even if they - the civilians only have
knives
The battle raged till the sun came up and ended with the civilians
killing over 200 Boko Haram terrorists, capturing several prisoners
and recovering several of their vehicles.

From an account of a civilian who participated in defending the
neighborhoods, as reported in DailyTrust, "Our people also recovered
over 70 motorcycles that the attackers came with. They also collected
2 Hilux vehicles and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) while some of
the attackers were captured alive." [ Daily Trust]

This amazing victory of good over evil, promises a new direction in
the war against terror that has wrecked hundreds of farming villages
in the north of Nigeria in the last four years, largely unchecked by
State security. Civilians determined to arrest a situation they
believe the Nigerian security services has permitted to destroy their
farming villages in various towns in the north east, have apparently
decided take up a fighting posture against Boko Haram terrorists; no
longer waiting for a military response that hardly ever comes.

Last week, Boko Haram terrorists ravaged Gondura Ngala town, freely
without any hindrance from the Nigerian military drafted to the north,
and decimated the entire town, killing over 300 residents. On April
14th, Boko Haram stormed Chibok and abducted over 200 girls. In that
episode, Amnesty International reported that the Nigerian security
services were fully informed of the impending attack, by civilian
vigilantes and other Intel, several hours prior, yet did not alert or
defend the village nor engage the terrorists for a full eight hours of
the abduction, looting and destruction of the village.

A mother from Chibok reportedly told CNN, that "if the army is not
ready to fight Boko Haram, then we will fight them ourselves."
Apparently that day has come.

The Civilian-JTF and ENDS.ng civil rights group is pressing the
Nigerian government for the civilians to have the right and government
support, to bear arms, to end the terror scourge once and for all. The
government is yet to officially respond to this urgent request as
villagers remain at the mercy of Boko Haram terrorists.

The Shehu of Bama is reported to have ordered his citizens to go get
guns, after his town was completely decimated twice by Boko Haram
terrorists with no military response for the full eight hours of
carnage. More towns are expected to follow suit as the nations
leadership sleeps and permits terrorists the largely unhindered
freedom to operate, massacre and destroy Nigeria's farmers and
northern farming villages.

Dr. Peregrino Brimah for http://ENDS.ng[Every Nigerian Do Something]