Nigeria: Bloody Xmas – 81 Killed As Boko Haram, Soldiers Clash

 
Kingsley Omonobi, Bala Ajiya and Ndahi Marama
AllAfrica.com
24 December 2011
 
It was a harvest of deaths as about 81 people, including an Assistant Commissioner of Police was among 59 other members of the Boko Haram sect were reportedly killed in Yobe State Thursday when soldiers and other security men confronted the sect members in their stronghold, leading to a bloody encounter.

Others said to have been killed included a Commander of the Police Mobile Force along with four of his men and two civilians.

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika told newsmen in Abuja yesterday that the Joint Task Force set up to quell the Boko Haram menace rocking some Northern parts of the country, in the early hours of yesterday, launched a successful operation on the sect’s operational stronghold in Damaturu, Yobe state, killing 59 of them and destroying their armoury.

Reports from Damaturu, Yobe State said explosions rocked Maiduguri and Potiskum leading to the death of seven persons, including two soldiers, four policemen and two civilians.

An official said that after the gunfire and explosions rocked the region, the violence was soon blamed on Boko Haram Islamists. About 16 people reportedly died in the Maiduguri explosion. Eye witnesses said Dala, Alamderi and Timbershed were mostly hit.

Meanwhile, more gunfire was heard in Damaturu on Friday morning, but details were unclear.

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