Fleeing Boko Haram members invade IDPs, take up menial jobs- FG

The Director-General of the National Information Center, Mr Mike Omeri said today that some fleeing Boko Haram militants had infiltrated the Internally Displaced Persons camps in the Northeast but were fished out and arrested by the police.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja today, Omeri also revealed that intelligence reports indicates that some of the fleeing Boko Haram members might have infiltrated towns and cities and have taken up some menial jobs to survive. He urged all citizens to be extra vigilant during this time and report any new face, worker or business setup.

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CAC’s Prophet Kayode Abiara Talks Boko Haram & Nigeria’s Future, Says Islam Means Peace

Abiara: Well, the Bible has not left us in the dark. It says in the last days, there will be terrible times. So these are terrible times all over the world. It is not only happening in Nigeria, it is also happening in some other parts of the world. When you watch what is happening on foreign media stations, you will discover that it is not Nigeria alone that is affected by terrorism. Satan has polluted the peace of the world; he is fighting the world, and it has already been recorded in the Bible. When you read the scriptures, you will find out that the Bible says there will be wars, troubles and all sorts of calamities in the end times. It is everywhere. It is the end of the age. People say terrorism is Islamic, but as far as I am concerned, the word ‘Islam’ means peace. I don’t see Muslims as killers or violent people. It is just that Satan has taken over the lives of the terrorists, so it is not about religion. Look at the late former president of this country, Umar Musa Yar’Adua; he was a peaceful man. Again, our present vice-president, Namadi Sambo, is a very gentle and peaceful man. There was a time we went to visit him and he was very polite. He is a gentleman and he is a Muslim. Bola Tinubu is a Muslim too and he is not violent. Governor Raji Fashola too is a Muslim. As for these terrorists, I don’t know where they came from. I think real Muslims must stand and let the world know they are different.

Interviewer:  Some people say the political enemies of the government are using terrorism to humiliate the government. Do you believe this too?

Abiara: You know, there are enemies inside the government. Maybe these enemies are using terrorism to attack the government. There must be an inside help. Someone once said he would make governance impossible if he was not elected to power, according to how I read it in the papers. It is very important to find the reason the person said that because what he said has come to pass. That is why it is very important to be cautious when talking. People will remember what you say. Our politicians must be very careful when they campaign. Nigerians are very intelligent; we don’t forget things easily. People record your sins for you.

Interviewer:  In the spiritual realm, do you see this as the end of Nigeria?

Abiara: No. God is with Nigeria. Nigeria must not be worried at all. Nigeria will have peace by the grace of God through the prayers of the saints. It is a sign of the end time and we should pray that these people should change their minds. God owns their hearts and he can change them through our prayers. We should all pray for this country to let peace reign and God will answer us.
[Excerpt from a recent interview with Punchng]

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Boko Haram: Spouses of Nigerian Troops Block Husbands’ Deployment to Gwosa

Nigeria Informer : Dozens of women and children on Saturday forcefully stopped military trucks from ferrying their husbands and fathers to the Boko Haram-seized Gwosa by locking the exit gates of a barracks in Borno State, demanding quality fighting equipment for the soldiers.

Scores of soldiers have been killed by Boko Haram in Borno State in the last few months, and many blame the inferior weapons Nigerian troops are equipped with to fight brutal insurgents. Reports say nearly 60 soldiers were killed last Wednesday in Gwosa, taken over by Boko Haram after hundreds of heavily-armed militants swooped on the border town.

After locking the gates Saturday, the women and children placed themselves as wedges before the trucks that were to drive out of Giwa Barracks of the 21 armoured brigade Maiduguri, witnesses said.

    “We don’t want to be turned another set of widows, give our husbands modern and better arms, weapons and vehicles or they go nowhere!” one woman was quoted by a source as saying.



The reaction came after nearly 60 soldiers killed in Gwoza and Damboa- both in Borno State- were given a mass burial at the Maimalari Barracks Maiduguri. The military authority at the 7-Division of the Nigeria Army received a mandate to send more troops to rescue Gwoza. Efforts to stop the women from protesting failed as they stood their grounds all day, demanding that the General Officer Commanding, GOC, of the brigade, address them.

After defying all entreaties, the women turned on the barracks’ Regiment Sergeant Major and the Garrison Commander, and almost lynched them for trying to prevent the stand out, witnesses at the barracks told PREMIUM TIMES.

The women and children also blockaded the roads leading to the barracks with stones and sticks, while some sat in front of the barracks’ gate.

Some soldiers at the barracks said they were in support of the action. One soldier told journalists:

    “We are ever ready to tackle Boko Haram terrorists but our superior officers are the ones killing us by not giving us the right arms to execute the war. How could I go and face Boko Haram with AK47 that is charged with only three cartridges when the enemy is brandishing modern GPMG, AA, RPG and so on.

    Most of our soldiers die every day like fowls because of faulty deployment and yet when you complain they only tell you to obey the last order”.

Another soldier said:

     “We are being pushed to death because we usually run out of ammunition or our weapons would fail us during an operation, while the Boko Haram who came fully kitted with better arms and extra supplies would continue to pick on us like insects."

Another soldier said:

    “We are ready to finish Boko Haram in one week because we have the courage to do that if we are given the right arms and ammunition”.

With the sit in lasting al through Saturday, the hope of Gwoza people trapped up in the mountains diminished amid reports or some dying of hunger and thirst as at Saturday evening.

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