According to a report by Sahara Reporters, no fewer
than 70 members of Boko Haram were killed today May
16th by members of a vigilante group in the Madagali
town of Adamawa state and captured seven alive who
they handed over to the police.
The vigilantes reportedly acted after they were tipped
off by a local food vendor that the militants were
coming to get food before heading out for a major
operation to raid villages in the area, usually carried
out at night.
With this information, the vigilantes mobilized, laid
ambush and patiently waited for the men of the sect.
The men, numbering about 100, showed up later at
night to pick up their meal and that was when the
vigilantes attacked them, killing most and arresting the
ones that survived the assault. Continue...
Today's attack is reportedly the second time this week
that local vigilantes have defeated Boko Haram men. A
security source told SaharaReporters that resident in
many remote areas in the North seem to have decided
that the best way to repel incessant attacks by Boko
Haram insurgents was to take matters into their own
hands.
A vigilante member involved in today's ambush told a
Sahara Reporters correspondent that Nigerian soldiers
appear unable or unwilling to wage an effective war
against the insurgents.
"They (soldiers) seem to be helpless and to fear the
Boko Haram warriors who terrorize us here. But we
are not afraid. They are men like us. And we are tired
of folding up our hands and allowing them to kill us,
to kill our wives and to kill our children."
Source: Sahara Reporters
