Nigerian hunters kill 100 Boko Haram members in Adamawa

A group of Nigerian hunters and members of a vigilance group on Sunday killed 100 members of Boko Haram and arrested 17 other suspected members of the the sect in the Madagali area of Adamawa State.

It was learnt that the killings followed the raiding of Madagali, Michika and Mubi by hunters during which over 280 women and children were rescued.

Investigations indicated that three local hunters were injured following the exchange of gunshots with the insurgents. They were being treated at Madagali General Hospital.

About 200 youths were recruited and were given a special training to face the dreaded group in the last two weeks by the member representing Madagali state House of Assembly, Emmanuel Tsamdu.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa State Command, ASP Othman Abubakar, who said he was aware of the killings, said that he was still waiting for the official confirmation from the Divisional Police Officer in the area.

But efforts to reach the DPO in Madagali to confirm the information proved abortive as several calls to his mobile phone were not successful.

Meanwhile, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device wrapped around her body near a market in a village in Borno State, killing at least three people, police and civilian vigilante sources said on Saturday.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack.

A member of the vigilance group said four people were killed and seven people injured when the explosive went off at a checkpoint, targeting the vigilantes at the entrance of the Ramirgo Market.

Ishiaku Dawa, a resident who helped in taking the victims to the hospital, said the blast damaged two patrol vehicles.

“Three persons, including the suicide bomber, died on the spot. The Corpses and the injured victims were carried to the General Hospital,” Borno State Police commissioner, Aderemi Opadokun, who visited the scene, told Reuters in a text message.

Opadokun said the attack occurred on Saturday morning in Ramirgo village, adding that the victims were taken to the General Hospital in Askira, Uba town, Borno State– about 250 kilometres (160 miles) south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State and the epicentre of the insurgency.

Military spokesman, Sani Kukasheka Usman, confirmed the blast in a statement, saying the suicide bomber was on the way to attack the market.

Usman said the bomber was accosted by a civilian vigilante, but the bomb went off during interrogation, killing the suspect. He said the vigilante was injured and rushed to the hospital.