No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed yesterday in Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram members.
According
to a report by Reuters, the gunmen stormed a venue of a bachelor party
and started shooting sporadically, killing eight persons on the spot.
Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan ordered an all out offensive against the
northeastern rebels in Africa’s leading energy exporter.
Though
they retreated into a hilly area around the Cameroon border, the rebels
have since stepped up attacks on both soldiers and civilians.
“Three
Boko Haram members came on motorcycles at about 11pm yesterday night,”
Abdul Usman told Reuters in the main northeastern city of Maiduguri,
where he fled after escaping the attack on Tashan Alade village. “They
were shooting indiscriminately.”
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