Military arrest 14 Boko Haram suspects, as gunmen kill 15 in fresh Borno attack

BARELY a week after foiling multiple attacks on Bitta and other villages in Borno state, troops of 7 Division of Nigerian Army  in Maiduguri, has  arrested 14 Boko Haram terror suspects, following “intelligence reports” from residents on the infiltration of terror suspects into the metropolis from Gwoza and Damboa that were recently attacked by insurgents.
The arrest, according to military sources in Maiduguri, was made at the weekend on Baga road when a commercial tricycle driver was stopped at the timber shed, near NNPC mega station; after an alarm was raised by one of the passengers that; “a Boko Haram suspect is among us in this tricycle. This man participated in the serial border attacks in Gwoza East, where many people were killed last week.”
On raising the alarm it attracted the attention of soldiers at one of the military post who quickly intervened.
The identified suspect, according to one of the passengers, disguised in a long robe with a black polythene bag held in his hand before surrendering to the military.
The Guardian also learnt that after the suspect was taken away by soldiers in their patrol vehicle to hideouts of fleeing suspects, six others were arrested, while the leader of the group, who identified himself as Ibrahim Tom, led the soldiers to arrest seven others in three undisclosed locations in Maiduguri.

GUNMEN suspected of Boko Haram members attacked Daggu village in Askira/Uba council area of state; and shot dead 15 people with the torching of Assembly of God Church and houses on Sunday.
The insurgents, according to a resident, Thlama Apagu, dressed in military uniform with their heads tied with handkerchiefs, before shooting sporadically at traders at the market square that attempted to flee into nearby bushes and farmlands.
“The gunmen burst into the village market by 1pm yesterday; and started pursuing us and other neighbours on motorcycles with sporadic gunshots, while others were chased on foot and fell, before some of us were gunned down with others injured and taken to Lassa General Hospital for treatment,” said Apagu
He said while pursuing villagers and traders on motorcycles, the ward head, Bulus Audu was also gunned down along with 10 other villagers, after torching our local church and several houses and shops near the market square.
Speaking on how the villagers were slain, he said: “immediately they burst into the village and market square that afternoon, they pursue fleeing villagers on motorcycles to kill; and if you escape and tried to return to the village, they pursue you, until you’re shot dead. Their aim was to kill and destroy other structures that the people rely for their survival. I saw over dozen bodies at the market square, including the ones in nearby bushes that are yet to be picked up by surviving volunteers for burial on Monday morning.”
The Guardian also learnt that the village was attacked last October by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, who also killed the ward head and six other people.
The Borno State Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawal also confirmed the incident.