SAN FRANCISCO, October 31, (THEWILL) – Judgement day came for about 41 members of the Boko Haram sect as they were killed by the Borno youth vigilante group, Civilian JTF.
Local sources told THEWILL on Friday that the insurgents met their waterloo in an ambush laid for them in Gur village .
A member of the Civilian JTF in the area, Mala Yusuf, said after being pursued from Sabon Gari in Damboa Local Government Area of the state, a combined team of military officers and Civilian JTF members gave the insurgents a hot chase, catching up with them around Mandafuma village in Biu Local Government Area where they were given a fierce battle for two hours after which 41 of them were killed.
According to Yusuf, “The vigilante beheaded the insurgents after the shoot-out and took their heads to Biu to show the people that the Boko Haram insurgents are human and not some beasts and so, people should not fear them but to join hands with security operatives to ensure that the sect, who are enemies of Islam and the people of Nigerians are defeated.”
He stated further: “We heard that the insurgents went to attack Sabon Gari, where people were just returning to their homes after three months of exile as internally displaced persons in various camps across the state. We went after them to foil the planned attack.
“We were able to repel them and seeing that they headed towards Mandafuma in Biu Local Government, we pursued them and we were able to ambush them at Gur. We engaged them in fierce battle with the soldiers and 41 of them were killed, one of them was taken alive.”
He also confirmed that no soldier was killed in the ambush.
“After they were killed, we cut off their heads and took it to Biu to show the people in order to encourage them to stand up against the Boko Haram fighters, who are now destroying our villages,” he added.
