BOKO HARAM DECLARES WAR ON BORNO AND YOBE YOUTHS AS 22 ARE SLAUGHTERED

By UNTAMED NEWS REPORTER > Nigerian Muslim extremists Boko Haram have slaughtered twenty-two people as it declared war on the youths of Borno and Yobe states. The massacre follows the killing on Monday of nine innocent students who were writing their exams. According to reports from multiple news sources, the group, in separate attacks overran the farming village of Alau Dam where 13 persons, fishermen and tea vendors were gunned down. Monday's attacks were the third in a space of five days. This Day newspaper reports that the sect had laid siege on Gwoza hill in Borno State where they killed a clergyman and burnt down four churches on Thursday, while on Sunday the terrorists attacked a school in Damaturu, Yobe State where they killed seven students and two teachers. It was gathered that five of the students killed on Monday were sitting for the ongoing NECO exam at Ansarudeen Primary/Secondary School, a private school in the Jajeri ward of Maiduguri metropolis. Eyewitness accounts revealed that the Boko Haram insurgents stormed the school and opened fire indiscriminately on the students only moments after the examination started. One of the eyewitnesses, who spoke anonymously with journalists, said the gunmen attacked the school at about 3 pm, forcing other students and invigilators to take to their heels. On the same Monday, it was gathered that some Boko Haram sect members attacked Alau Dam, on the outskirts of Maiduguri killing a total of 13 persons. An eyewitness said the gunmen ambushed the people around the dam and sporadically opened fire on them. The gunmen were said to have continuously shouted at their victims: “You are those exposing our activities to security agencies, today your days are over, as we will kill all of you.” A few weeks ago, some groups of youths on a volunteer mission arrested several members of the sect in Hausari and Gwange, among other areas of Maiduguri and handed them over to the JTF. (Additional reporting: This Day)