{"id":52357,"date":"2024-02-06T11:38:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndarason.com\/en\/?p=52357"},"modified":"2024-02-06T11:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:38:42","slug":"bloody-weekend-as-10-people-including-four-police-officers-die-in-insurgent-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndarason.com\/en\/bloody-weekend-as-10-people-including-four-police-officers-die-in-insurgent-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloody weekend as 10 people \u2013 including four police officers \u2013 die in insurgent attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

People in the northeast of Nigeria must not make the mistake of believing the insurgency is over, says security journalist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four police officers and six residents have been killed in three separate insurgent attacks in Borno and Yobe states in Nigeria\u2019s northeast at the weekend.<\/p>\n

Responding to news about the attacks, Mustapha Mohammed Suleiman, a journalist who specialises in security issues, said: \u201cDo not make the mistake of thinking the insurgency is over. Security personnel are trying their best to tackle insecurity in the country, but it is still not over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mohammed Goni, who lives in Kukareta in Yobe State, told RNI that the attack came as a nasty surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven at the peak of the insurgency insurgents did not come into the town. No one here was ever killed or injured. We heard insurgents attacking neighbouring villages. And some military bases were attacked,.but they never came here.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat changed on Saturday night [February 3] when insurgents stormed Kukareta. The insurgents arrived just before midnight. They were shooting haphazardly. They killed two construction workers and another man and abducted three people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole town is in uproar. We are so scared the insurgents will come again. We never thought they would attack us because they have not done so before.\u201d
\nAnother resident of Kukareta, who asked to remain anonymous, confirmed that two of those killed were labourers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey killed the two labourers and another man. As they were leaving the village, they burnt down property and tried to get into the district head\u2019s home. They set his car alight and fled.
\nLawal Babagana, the district head, confirmed the attack.<\/p>\n

In Borno State, insurgents carried out two separate attacks.<\/p>\n

The first attack occurred in Gajiram in the Ngazai Local Government Area on Saturday night at about 11pm. <\/p>\n

A resident, Ali Adam, said: \u201cThe insurgents attacked our community, killing four police officers. They appeared to be targeting the police because after they killed them, they left the town. They did not attack or kill any of the residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we are worried. We are scared they will return. Everyone is in shock.\u201d
\nOn Sunday, insurgents attacked residents in Kukawa, a town in the local government area of the same name, which borders Lake Chad.<\/p>\n

A resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said: \u201cWe do not know all the facts yet, but the insurgents killed three people and wounded many others. For a while now it has been peaceful here. But now we are frightened again. We do not know if or when the insurgents will return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suleiman told RNI that because there had been relative peace in Borno State, residents were beginning to think the insurgency had been quashed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is not so. It is not over yet. Security personnel are doing their best, but it is not over. Attacks by insurgents are still occurring in the Borno State.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said insecurity would come to an end only once poverty was eradicated.
\n\u201cPeople need jobs \u2013 entrepreneurs should be encouraged and supported. While there is insecurity, farmers are afraid to go to their lands. The state needs to ensure they are safe and that they can tend to their lands without having to fear being attacked. <\/p>\n

\u201cReligious and traditional leaders need to foster peace and unity among the people. <\/p>\n

\u201cSecurity personnel must be deployed to monitor and surveil communities, particularly those in remote places. Residents also need to do their part by informing security personal if they see, hear or know of any unusual happenings. The military, particularly, needs to earn the trust of the residents. They have been violent in the past and it will take some time before people in Borno to trust them.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil all these issues are addressed, there will not be peace in the state and the insurgency will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

FALMATA MOHAMMED ALI<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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