Aerial View of Baga town in Borno State
More than 185 men, women and children lost their lives and over 2000 homes where destroyed last friday when a very intense fight erupted between officers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Baga Town, a remote town near the border with Chad.
Officials could not offer a breakdown of civilian casualties versus those of soldiers and extremist fighters. Many of the bodies had been burned beyond recognition in fires that razed whole sections of the town, residents said.
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| Destroyed Homes of Baga Town |
A senior Army officer, Brigadier General Austin Edokpaye, who visited the location did not dispute the casualty figures.
The Brigadier said Boko Haram extremists used heavy machine guns and
rocket-propelled grenades in the assault, which began after soldiers,
surrounded a mosque they believed housed members of the radical Islamic
extremist network Boko Haram. Extremists earlier had killed a military
officer and they used civilians as human shields during the
fighting — implying that soldiers opened fire in neighbourhoods where
they knew civilians lived.
“When we reinforced and returned to the scene the terrorists came out
with heavy firepower, including (rocket-propelled grenades), which
usually has a conflagration effect,” the Brig. General said.
One resident, Bashir Isa, said that “everyone has
been in the bush since Friday night; we started returning to town
because the governor came.
“To get food to eat in the town now is a problem because even the
markets are burnt. We are still picking corpses of women and children in
the bush and creeks.”
HBC: I don't know how to comment about this. 185 Nigerians Killed by fellow Nigerian in less than 24 hours and like every other issue, it will be swept under the rugs and be forgotten. All this for what? Power, Money, Control, Retribution or what? Why do we as human beings tend to forget that we will all die someday. We forget that we own nothing, we came to this life with nothing, we will leave this life with nothing, infact we are NOTHING!
There will come a moment in time when we shall all the gathered before the GRAND JUDGE! Each and everyone of us will answer for his deeds and no bribe or power or wisdom can save you from HIS mighty wrath!
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