Residents
of Kalabalge Village in Borno State on Tuesday fought off invading Boko Haram
gunmen in an early morning attack, killing several of them with about 10 also
caught alive. The
insurgents had repeatedly attempted to attack Kalabalge, an agro-nomad community
near the Cameroon borders, but failed to gain entry into the village on each
attempt.
attempt.
Residents
said the villagers had made security preparations around the village that made
it impossible for the Boko Haram insurgents to succeed in attacking the village
which also serves as the headquarters of Kalabalge Local Government Area of
Borno.
“We
have told them (Boko Haram) that they cannot take their attacks to our village
because, we have taken measures both security wise and spiritually to prevent
them”, said a vigilante member in the community who did not say his name when
he spoke with us over on phone.
“They
wanted to attack us just the way they did in Bama, Konduga and Damboa, but we
got the wind of it and all of us laid ambush for them; when they neared the
village, we opened fire using our Dane duns, double barrel rifles and
bows-and-arrows, most of them who were shocked took to their heels, but many of
them died, some that were injured have been caught alive and are with the
security people as I am talking to you”, said the vigilante member.
An
official of the State Security Service who pleads anonymity confirmed the
incident to reporters on phone.
“The
insurgents tried to attack the village as at 5 a.m. of this morning (Tuesday)
but the vigilante and some members of the village who got the hint of the
attack laid ambush and were able to kill as many of them as possible, while
about ten of them were caught alive; they also recovered two trucks from the
insurgents”, said the security source.
The
Boko Haram has raided several villages in Borno killing thousands of people and
destroying several property.
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