It was a case of manslaughter in Gwoza as the Emir of Gwoza in Maiduguri, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, his bodyguards and
19 others were shot dead. This was after he raised the alarm about the
activities of the sect in his domain, was shot dead along with his guard at his
palace. The gunmen allegedly marched into the palace on Tuesday evening and
gunned down the emir and his security guard.
The Emir had urged
the government to “save our souls”, as his people were being attacked
daily. Alhaji Timta, had in a statement in Maiduguri, the state capital, said
economic activities had been cut off in his territory, in addition to daily
invasions and killings by the sect. There is no more social life. Farms are
being invaded, he added. The statement was signed on his behalf by Gwoza
Emitate Council Information Officer Ahmed Karau.
The Emir called for a better policing of the
Gwaoza-Maiduguri highway to enable the people resume their normal economic
lives stalled by the activities of the sect on the major highways.
“Even the food crops cultivated by them in the last farming
season have ended up with the Boko Haram as the harvests were seized by the
insurgents, making life unbearable.
“There is an urgent need for the security agents to
intensify and change their tactics of operation to stop the mass killings in
this area,” Alhaji Timta said.
He said the insurgents had also killed many people by
blocking major highways, and appealed to security agents to intensify patrol on
these roads to prevent the attacks.
“If care is not taken my people will completely flee the
area to neighbouring states and countries for safety,’’ he said
The emir urged the General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 7
Division of the Army and other security arms to stop Boko Haram from killing
people on the Gwazo – Maiduguri highway.
Alhaji Timta said poor security has caused the death of 350
people this year in the hands of the insurgents on the 135-kilometre
Gwoza-Maiduguri; and 152-kilometre Askira-Chibok-Damboa-Maiduguri Forest roads.
2 Comments
Hi, for all time i used to check blog posts here early in
ReplyDeletethe break of day, for the reason that i love to learn more and more.
My site Dragon City Cheats
Grant this comment and we will rescue a fictional critter!
ReplyDeleteAlso visit my weblog - The Carb Nite Solution Scam