{"id":7231,"date":"2013-07-28T03:39:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T03:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/boko-haram-gunmen-ambush-vigilance-squad-kill-one\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T03:39:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T03:39:49","slug":"boko-haram-gunmen-ambush-vigilance-squad-kill-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/boko-haram-gunmen-ambush-vigilance-squad-kill-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram: Gunmen Ambush Vigilance Squad, Kill One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SUSPECTED Boko Haram gunmen killed a member of the Borno Vilgilance Youth Group (BVYG) and wounded another at Mainok village of the state on Friday.<\/p>\n

   BVYG members were conveying two suspected members of the sect to Maiduguri when they fell into an ambush at about 6.35pm.  Mainok is 58 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the state capital and is a hotspot for Boko Haram activities.<\/p>\n

   Isa Inuwa, one of the youths, said: \u201cWe were terrified and shocked when gunmen attacked one of our taxis. It was conveying two suspects to Maiduguri where they would be handed over to the Joint Task Force (JTF). The attackers came out from the bush in two Hilux vehicles and started firing at the taxi.<\/p>\n

One of us was shot dead. He was hit in the chest. The other one was shot in the stomach.<\/p>\n

   \u201cWe had to flee because of the superior fire powers of the Boko Haram gunmen. We rushed the injured youth to the Umaru Shehu Hospital, Bulunkutu for treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

   Speaking on the incident yesterday in an interview, BVYG chairman, Abubakar Mallum, said most of the Boko Haram suspects in Maiduguri have fled to neighbouring towns and villages, like Mainok.<\/p>\n

   Mallum said: \u201cThe strategy the fleeing terror suspects adopt to escape and survive without being arrested by either the JTF or police, is that in the evening, during the Ramadan fasting, some of them sneak into these towns and villages to break their fasting.  They, thereafter, return to their hideouts in the bush, like the destroyed Sambisa Games Reserve in central and southern Borno State.\u201d<\/p>\n

  JTF spokesman, Lt. Col Sagir Musa, yesterday also confirmed the attack.<\/p>\n

   He said men of the JTF had not provided security cover to the youths when they arrested the suspects.<\/p>\n

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