north-east Nigeria.
Seven local hunters have died from a landmine left by
Boko Haram militants in a village near Maiduguri, the Borno State
capital.
The ill-fated hunters on a routine p atrol with the military
drove over the explosives that killed them instantly beyond
recognition, a local vigilante source said.
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According to the source, at least seven of his colleagues died
in the attack, but could not confirm how many soldiers were
affected.
Kayamla village is barely two kilometers after a military base,
Giwa Barracks which houses a detention facility for persons accused
of war crimes.
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This is a sequel to an attack on Sunday evening in a village
near the Gamboru/Cameroun border where four soldiers were
reportedly killed in an Impoverished Explosive Devices (IEDs)
ambush.
Boko Haram attacks have increased in recent times on the highway
and in villages in parts of Borno State.
But the military has repeatedly claimed to record successes in
its onslaught against the insurgents in the Sambisa axis.
The Defence Headquarters in a statement on Monday issued by its
Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche
said Airforce fighter jets had destroyed logistic supplies of the
terrorists responsible for the attacks in southern Borno.
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A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Jigawa State, on Wednesday,
sentenced to prison a social media commentator following his
Facebook comments which accused Governor Muhammadu Badaru of
fraud.
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The convict, Sabi’u Chamo, a social media promoter of Sabo
Nakudu, an APC senator for Jigawa Central, accused Governor Badaru
for duping APC aspirants by collecting their money with the promise
to give them party tickets.
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Mr Nakudu is the leader of a factional group of the APC in the
state as opposed to the Mr Badaru’s faction of the party.
Earlier, the governor, while inaugurating the state APC
caretaker committee, said “I will remain vigilant watching those of
you going to meeting with the other factional group, you have got
enough of my patience, I will no longer tolerate that again.
The state government earlier on December 24 sued Mr Chamo over
the Facebook statement. However, the court ordered that the police
should effect his arrest and investigate the suspect before
prosecution, which the police did.
Before his arrest, Mr Chamo, earlier on December 20, retracted
his statement on Facebook and apologised to those who might have
been offended, saying ”that I learnt that my write up have offended
many which is why I am apologizing, thank you, he wrote on his
Facebook page in Hausa Language.
The spokesperson for the state’s Ministry of Justice, Zainab
Baba-Santali, in a statement confirmed that Mr Chamo was sentenced
to six months in a correctional facility for his comments which
injured the governor’s reputation.
The court, however, gave the convict an optional fine of
N20,000.
The Chief Magistrate’s Court 1 sitting in Dutse presided over by
Batula Dauda also said the convicted person would receive 20 lashes
of stroke for the comments to serve as a deterrent to others.
During the trial, after the charge was read to the defendant, he
pleaded guilty to the offence after which the court sentenced him
to six (6) months in a correctional center or Twenty thousand Naira
fine (20,000) and 20 strokes of cane to serve as a deterrent to
others.