Saturday, November 24, 2012

Terrorism: 20 ladies slaughtered in Maiduguri …for wearing mini–skirts, trousers


Barely 24 hours after ten people were slaughtered in Maiduguri, twenty ladies who were said to be fond of wearing mini-skirts and trousers were yesterday slaughtered in their separate homes in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, by yet to be identified gunmen.
The development is a clear departure from the past when men and security agents were the prime targets of terrorists. But indication to the present development came during the week when information went round to the effect that women and ladies who fond of wearing indecent dresses on the streets of Maiduguri would soon become targets of attack. The argument, the information said, was that the dressing pattern does not conform with Sharia Law.
The slaughtering of the twenty different ladies, our correspondent gathered, took place in the early hours of Friday at about 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. when most of residents were fast asleep in their houses.
A source who does not want his name mentioned told our correspondent that the most hit areas were Mary wards, few meters away from the University of Maiduguri.
The area has been one of the places accommodating students of the institution living off- campus due to accommodation shortage. Also affected, according to investigation, were ladies living close to the black spots areas of Gwange, London Chiki, Abbagaram, Kaleri areas where series of killings and bomb blasts had occurred in the past.
When contacted on phone, both the JTF spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, and the Police Commissioner, Mr. Yuguda Abdullahi ,said that they were not in Maiduguri at the moment to confirm the incident. But a top JTF Commander, according to a source, said he had directed his men to the affected areas on Friday morning to evacuate the remains of the victims.
National Mirror

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