It just doesn’t seem like Nigeria or the world has an answer for Boko Haram, who continues it’s slaughter of the innocents in Nigeria in order to enact Sharia Law:
BUSINESS WEEK – At least 21 people were killed by suspected Nigerian Islamist militants in a northeastern town early today, according to a local vigilante group member.
The number of dead may climb from the raid that started at 5 a.m. in Damboa in the northeastern state of Borno, Hassan Ibrahim said after he spoke to fellow members of a vigilante group in the town.
“My contacts in Damboa said they are still picking up and piling the corpses,” Ibrahim said in the state capital, Maiduguri. “The death toll could be very high.”
The BBC adds this:
Damboa, 85km (53 miles) from the state capital Maiduguri, is now said to be deserted as many people have fled to neighbouring towns.
“Those who could not flee surrendered and were killed by the insurgents,” a local official, who did not want to be named, told the AFP news agency.
Boko Haram attacked the barracks in the town two weeks ago, killing several soldiers.
Nigeria’s defence ministry said the military had repelled that attack and killed at least 50 insurgents.
But residents say that since then the town has only been defended by vigilante groups.
“We were defenceless because all the security personnel, including soldiers and policemen, have withdrawn,” resident Ahmed Buba told AFP.