Over 100 people were killed and over hundred others injured in a fresh Boko Haram attack carried out in Dalori Village about 4 kilometers from Maiduguri Saturday evening.
Residents of the community disclosed that the operation started around 6:20 pm and lasted for several hours without hindrance.
The terrorists stormed the town in 10 Hilux vans and motorcycles dressed in army uniforms.
Witnesses of the attack on Dalori said they took their time to raze down houses in the village. Livestock were burnt after they had looted and carted away foodstuffs. Several villagers were burnt beyond recognition.
Rescue workers who participated in evacuated the victims disclosed that they brought out 45 dead bodies to state specialist hospital and deposited 23 corpses at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital but several burnt victims remain stranded without help in the village.
Village sources told SIGNAL on Saturday that not less than 100 have been confirmed dead in the carnage.
The spokesperson of the Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre Command, Colonel Mustapha Anka, informed journalists that the Theatre Commander had visited the attacked village to assess the situation. He said the Command would issue a statement later “after all the information are compiled.”
Dalori is a few kilometres from one of the major IDP camps along the Maiduguri-Bama road and a stone throw from the University of Maiduguri.
The attack comes despite claims by President Buhari that the insurgents had largely been defeated.
The Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria has led to the death of over 20,000 people since it began in 2009.
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BURNING SPEAR
January 31, 2016 at 9:18 pm
Thought Buhari said they have won the war against boko haram–
Ryan
February 28, 2016 at 3:01 am
I agree with you, Judi, that they do not have enough soeurcs in this report. I think, this might be the main reason why readers might feel the coverage is too general and might want to know more details about the story.As for your questions, I think that the best option would be to have a reporter based in Nigeria, or even Kaduna specifically, who knows more about the conflict and covers it for a long period of time. I guess it would be easier for such a reporter to establish contact with people in Kaduna, which would make the coverage more reliable and detailed.Constance, I agree with you that people affected by violence in conflict zones are very sensitive to talk about this kind of issues for a variety of reasons. They might not trust the press; or sometimes they might be threatened if they speak up, even if they really want to tell their stories. I see the link to Judi’s question here, and I believe that it is a reporter’s job to be able to establish communication with people, to get them to talk.That is why such reporting is much more difficult than just taking other secondary soeurcs as a base for a story ( as I think the RT reporters did in this one. However, I think, this is the type of reporting that all of us would appreciate more and would trust more.