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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