Police kill 23 After Boko Haram Bomb Attack On Saturday

Residents of Maiduguri continue to suffer as they are trapped in the exchange of hostility in clashes between the Boko Haram and the JTF. Perhaps even more disturbing than the Boko Haram attacks are the aftermaths. Following the recent bomb blast in Maiduguri in which about 8 people were estimated to have been killed and 3 JTF officer injured, the police has killed at least 23 people in Maiduguri in retaliation to that attack. There is as yet no proof that those killed were members of or have anything to do with the Boko Haram sect.

Tawanda Hondora, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Africa said “House to house searches, brutalisation, unlawful arrests, killings and disappearances have been the operating practice in Maiduguri for some months now,”

“Unless steps are taken to ensure security forces operate within the law and respect human rights at all times, the next time Boko Haram attacks or kills a soldier, we are likely to see the same thing happen again,”

Residents have said the JTF resort to indiscriminate use of violence on them whenever they are attacked by Boko Haram.

It almost seems Nigeria is fighting terrorism with terrorism but if we fight fire with fire will we not end up in ashes?

 

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  1. Nigerians have failed to understand and forget their differences, live together as one and in as these are the order of the day, there is need for this country secessed because those things(signs) are anti-progressive thus people will continue to live in abject poverty.