Scores of people have been slaughtered by Boko Haram insurgents in Gamboru-Ngala, a border community with Cameroon which they captured in recent raids, according to reports from Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports.
The extremists seized the town last week after taking over military and police facilities in a fierce gun battle which forced thousands of residents and some soldiers across the border into Cameroon. Residents said, the sect members embarked on house-to-house raid, forcing youths between 15 and 20 years old to either join them or be killed. “Initially, they said we were free to stay or leave, but now, they are saying all residents should leave the town because it is now an Islamic Caliphate,” a resident said.
The residents fled to Fotokol, Cameroon for fear of attack by the militants, despite being told they were only after security personnel and local vigilantes. “They are now killing people like chickens; they started by selective killings and later went on a killing spree. They threaten to kill anybody who refuses to leave the town. They say we don’t belong,” he added.
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