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Boko Haram/ISWAP: UN Reacts To Killing Of Travellers

December 24, 2019 7:04 am

Boko Haram/ISWAP: UN reacts The United Nations (UN) has reacted to the killing of travellers by Boko Haram in Borno State.

NAN had reported that the sect members on Sunday at Burimari village between Monguno and Gajiram mounted a roadblock where they attacked their victims.

A similar attack occurred at the Babbangida-Gashua-Damaturu axis when suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) Sunday attempted to infiltrate Damaturu, Yobe.

The UN Humanitarian Office in Nigeria, in a statement signed by Antonio Jose Canhandula, condemned the violent incidents and the increasing practice by armed groups to set up

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Sani, Nigerians React As Boko Haram Kills 7 Travellers

December 23, 2019 5:30 am
A cross-section of Nigerians and former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani have reacted to the Boko Haram attack on Babbangida-Gashua-Damaturu axis.

Suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) Sunday attempted to infiltrate Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.

The incident which happened in the late hours saw an attempt by the suspected terrorists to take over the State capital but troops deployed around Babbangida-Gashua-Damaturu axis with aerial support from the Nigerian Air Force repelled the attack.

DAILY POST reliably gathered that, more than 30 ISWAP fighters were killed alongside their commander who led the attack. The commander

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