Boko Haram Plan To Avenge leader`s Death.

Gunmen, suspected to be members of Boko Haram Islamic sect,
yesterday, attacked Gwoza and Gamboru Ngala communities in
Borno State, killing two policemen and four members of the
communities while seven insurgents also died in the encounters.
In the attack launched at the Divisional Police Headquarters,
Gwoza at about 8 am yesterday, two policemen were killed while
seven insurgents equally lost their lives in the encounter.
A member of the Emirate Council who accompanied the Emir of
Gwoza , Alhaji Idrisa Timta, who fled the council to the
Government House, Maiduguri, to intimate Governor Kashim
Shettima of the incident, told journalists that “At about 8 am
today (yesterday), members of the Boko Haram sect attacked the
Gwoza Divisional Police Headquarters killing two policemen. Seven
insurgents also lost their lives in an exchange of gunfire”.
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He however added that “everything has been brought under
control, as military troops have been deployed in the area.”
At Gamboru Ngala incident, at least four civilians were killed while
eight others were seriously injured when some suspected
members of Boko Haram sect invaded the community in the early
hours of Wednesday.
Gamboru Ngala is a border town with Cameroun Republic, about
135 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the state capital, which had
witnessed series of bombings and killings in recent past.
Four residents killed
It was gathered that the gunmen, numbering about 50, came on
motorcycles armed with sophisticated weapons and attacked
Flatari ward of the council at about 2am on Wednesday. The sect
members ordered residents to come out from their houses
pretending to be members of the youth vigilante before they
opened fire on them killing four residents and injuring eight others.
A source said, the gunmen also set ablaze some houses in Flatari
and fled.
He explained that the gunmen were on revenge mission following
the recent arrest of one of their members last week by youth
vigilantes (civilian JTF) whom they later handed over to the military
Joint Task Force before he was killed.
According to the source, the military used to patrol the area but
with the formation of youth vigilante, the JTF were no longer
patrolling the area, as they had confidence in the vigilante in
protecting their area.
A resident who on condition of anonymityd appealed to the JTF to
come to their aid and resume patrol of the area as the unarmed
vigilante youths could not protect the area alone considering the
sophisticated weapons used by the terrorists.
Sect members plan to avenge Shekau’s death
Meanwhile, there were indications in Abuja, yesterday, that
following the death of Boko Haram leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau,
as a result of gunshot wounds he sustained in an encounter with
Special Forces when they carried out ground and air assault at the
vast Sambisa Forest in Borno State, remnants of Boko Haram sect
members were planning a revenge attack.
The sect members are said to have vowed that the killing of their
leader and others in the decision making council will be avenged
with a deadly attack that will be commensurate with the killing of
their leaders including Momodu Bama, the 2nd in command to
Shekau.
Source vanguardngr