Boko Haram overruns town, kills 100

Suspected members of the radical Islamic group Boko Haram have taken over Gwoza, a major town in Nigeria’s north-eastern State of Borno on August 5.

Details of the attack are sketchy; several bridges linking the town to Borno’s capital, Maiduguri, and to other neighbouring areas were blown up in previous attacks, and telephones lines have been cut.

Peter Biye, a Member of Parliament representing Damboa, Chibok and Gwoza, told World Watch Monitor that at least 100 people were killed. The attackers, he said, "came in mass’’ dressed in army uniforms and loaded on about 15 vans, motorbikes and other vehicles, around 5 p.m.

‘‘They chased away everybody, firing indiscriminately and killing dozens," Biye said. "Unfortunately, we lost a prominent church leader, Pastor Musa Ayuba, from COCIN Church." Read more

Emboldened by its own successes, the inadequate response of the Nigerian military, and the successes of fellow Islamic terrorist organization ISIS in the Mid-East, Boko Haram is ramping up its campaign to cleanse Nigeria of all Christians and turn it into an Islamic state. 

Photo: World Watch Monitor