Boko Haram Slaughters 210 JAMB Candidates In Borno.

Scores of students travelling to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Borno State have been reportedly killed by the Boko Haram sect.
They were among several persons that lost their lives in multiple attacks unleashed by the dreaded sect in four communities.



The representative Borno Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Zannah Ahmed, on Friday accused the military of complicity in Thursday’s attacks on part of troubled Borno State, where he claimed that 210 people were killed in four towns.
The towns are Dikwa, Kala Balge, Gambulga and Gwoza.
Ahmed claimed that the attackers were all dressed in military uniforms and spoke English language.

This was a departure from the Hausa and Kanuri languages spoken by the Boko Haram insurgents.
He even lamented that authorities of the military post in Gamboru, which purportedly received a distressed call from the people of Kala Balge, avoided the town, claiming that it was not in its area of command.

The senator, who said he was compelled to speak out because his people were being killed on a daily basis, added: “What happened in Borno was beyond understanding.
“It is a must for me to speak since the people’s lives are involved and they are my people.
“All these are happening in my constituency and it will be wrong to keep quiet.
“I feel so much pained and would not have spoken but definitely my conscience will not let me do that.”

Ahmed alleged that 210 people were slaughtered by marauders, who dressed in military uniforms and attacked the towns in two armoured personnel cars and seven double cabin pickups.
According to him, they attacked a Teachers College in Dikwa and killed seven people, burnt down the school library and administrative block.

He said Kala Balge was the most devastated as 60 people were killed by the armed men.
He said after they left Kala Balge, they attacked three other towns in the area where a total of 150 persons were killed.

The Citizen.