Boko Haram kills Scores of UTME candidates in borno

Socres of students travelling to write the
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in
Borno State have been reportedly killed by
the Boko Haram sect.
They were among several persons that lost
their lives in multiple attacks unleashed by
the dreaded sect in four communities.
The Senator representing Borno Central in the
Senate, Zannah Ahmed, on Friday, accused
the military of complicity in Thursday attack
on part of troubled Borno State where he
claimed that 210 people were killed in attacks
on four towns.
The towns included Dikwa, Kala Balge,
Gambulga and Gwoza.
The senator claimed that the attackers were
all dressed in military uniforms and spoke
English language.
This was a departure from the Hausa and
Kanuri language spoken by the Boko Haram
insurgents.
He even lamented that authorities of the
military post in Gamboru, which purportedly
received a distressed call from the people of
Kala Balge avoided the town, claiming that it
was not in its area of command.
The senator who said he was compelled to
speak out because his people were being
killed on a daily basis, added "what happened
in Borno was beyond understanding."
He said: "It is a must for me to speak since
the people lives are involved and they are my
people. All these are happening in my
constituency and it will be wrong to keep
quiet. I feel so much pained and would not
have spoken but definitely my conscience will
not let me do that."
He alleged that 210 people were slaughtered
by marauders, who dressed in military
uniforms and attacked the towns in two
armored personnel cars and seven double
cabin pickups.
According to him, they attacked a Teachers
College in Dikwa and killed seven people,
burnt down the school library and
administrative block.
He said Kala Balge was the most devastated as
60 people were killed by the armed men who
went on the rampage.
He said after they left Kala Balge they
attacked three other towns in the area where
a total of 150 persons were killed.
Our correspondent made repeated efforts to
call the Director of Defence Information, Maj.
Gen. Chris Olukolade, without success as the
calls to his mobile telephone line did not
connect.
Our correspondent also sent a text message to
the Defence Spokesman which had not been
replied as of the time of filing the story.
A security source, however, said that the
insurgents laid ambush for a group of
students who were on their way to Biu from
Maiduguri to write Senior the Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board Examination
scheduled for Saturday April, 2014.
It was learnt that the JAMB candidates were
riding in eight vehicles were they ran into the
insurgents ambush.
It was, however, not clear whether the
insurgents got the all occupants of the eight
vehicles or not.
He stated however that the incident took
place on Wednesday evening.