Putting into consideration, the
latest efforts of the gallant troops of the Nigerian Army to curb their
ferocious activities, the Boko Haram recruits randomly as the sect is gasping
for breath and desperately in need of new hands, especially at remote areas of
Borno State.
Information gathered from Daily Trust says, gunmen suspected to be Boko
Haram militants invaded a village in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno
State, recruiting youths to replenish their fast-diminishing ranks.
According to an eyewitness, Baa
Usman, 45, the gunmen stormed Ngubala village under Bamma district in Magumeri
LGA, going round houses and asking residents to come out and assemble in one
place.
“When everybody was assembled in a particular location, the gunmen
began selecting young, exuberant ones to sit aside for a preaching session, as
they referred to it. They however allowed others, mostly women, children and
those advanced in age, to go back home.”
“The
gunmen had been hitherto sighted moving around villages of Magumeri LGA, though
they didn’t attack anyone. But they do sometimes seize cattle and food items
and make away with them. They seem very calm when they’re going about their
business, probably because soldiers are only present in Magumeri town, not in
smaller, surrounding villages where the gunmen enjoy a sort of freedom,” Usman said.
The same thing happened at
Mailari village of Konduga Local Government and at Lassa, located in the
Southern part of Borno State.
However, spokesman of 7 Division
of Nigerian Army, Col. Tukur Gusau, has warned that “Anyone found using
a horse would be considered an insurgent.”
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