Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, Latest Adamawa Village Attack: 10 Soldiers, Scores Of Insurgents Killed By Our Correspondents — Nov 19, 2014 | 4 Comments As the Boko Haram insurgents continue to extend their operations through suicide bombers, some residents have now resorted to jungle justice for bombers who get caught. A man reportedly trying to plant explosives at the central motor park in Gombe, Gombe State, was set on fire after an angry mob piled used tires on him. Eyewitnesses told the Hausa Service of the BBC that the suspect was waiting suspiciously to enter the Gombe central motor park when vigilantes in the area confronted him after he refused to open his black bag containing a bomb. After the man was beaten with sticks, the crowd immediately gathered around him, doused him with gasoline and burnt him to ashes. Meanwhile, at least 10 soldiers and scores of Boko Haram fighters have been reported dead after a fierce gun battle between the two in Gombi town of Adamawa State which had been under the sect’s control since last week. Gombi town, seen as an entry point to Yola, the state capital, was stormed by the Boko Haram sect last Thursday. Residents of the town told the BBC that the insurgents took on the troops who wanted to reclaim the town in a shoot-out yesterday morning. “I can’t say the number of casualties during the fight but the sect members left the place,” a resident said. The sect attacked Gombi town after the Civilian JTF reclaimed Mubi, the state’s second largest town, from the terrorists. A scorched-earth military response reclaimed the territory but deadly Boko Haram raids on towns and villages in the area have continued unabated. Lafia boils as 12 killed, 30 houses burnt, banks shut Following raging unrest in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital which started on Sunday morning, 12 persons were reportedly killed yesterday in communal clashes involving Eggon and Kambari youths. Seven Eggon youths were killed by soldiers along Barikin Abdulkahi (BAD) road after some of them reportedly engaged soldiers trying to disperse the warring factions, shooting one of them. This forced the soldiers to engage the armed youths, killing seven. Similarly, soldiers also killed four hoodlums around Tudun Amba area of Lafia town after they blocked the Lafia-Doma road and were harassing motorists and searching their vehicles for people of other ethnic groups to kill. A corpse was also discovered around Agwadu area yesterday morning though indications suggest that the middle-aged man was killed yesterday in his farm but was not discovered until a day after. At Farin Kasa area, over 30 houses were said to have been burnt as the Kambari and Eggon youths battled for supremacy before the arrival of soldiers. As the crisis raged on, banks stayed shut with their entrances were under lock and key, and customers who stormed banking premises in droves were left stranded. When LEADERSHIP visited Fidelity Bank at about 11am, customers were seen eagerly awaiting, hoping that the bank’s authorities would have a change of heart, which never came. A worker with the state ministry of environment, Mr Jonathan Ortoho, told our reporter that he had been at the bank since 8am so that he could get some money to relocate his family to Makurdi, Benue State. At Skye bank on Jos road, the security guards at the gate simply said, “We are closed till further notice.” Schools, public offices and business premises remained largely closed for fear of the unknown. Also, following rumours of an impending attack on Lafia town, residents of Tudun Gwandara, Millionaires Quarters and Bukan Sidi have largely moved out of town with most of them relocating to Nasarawa-Eggon local government area
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:44:20 +0000