Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Boko Haram waltzes as Nigeria slumbers, captures another Borno town as Cameroon kills 143 terrorists

As the 2015 elections heat up, the Nigerian leaders and its troop have continued to pay less and less attention to the Boko Haram activities. Just days after the sect reportedly slaughter 2000 people in Baga, it has  attacked another town, Askira in Borno State on Tuesday.

The news however is not so gloomy for Nigeria counterpart, Cameroon, which said it killed 143 suspected terrorists.
 An eye witness said that the Boko Haram insurgents attacked Borno State with Improvised Explosive Devices and petrol-bombs, torched several public buildings, including a secondary school, the Divisional Police Station and telecom masts.
The residents of the town who, he said, were shocked, fled into the bush and nearby communities.
The insurgents attacked, screaming  Allahu Akbar (God is great, in Arabic).
On the Cameroon side, about 143 Boko Haram fighters were  killed in an attack on a military camp in Cameroon on Monday. A
Cameroonian, Corporal-Chef Bela Onana was killed and four other soldiers wounded.

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