Boko Haram Strikes Again,Violates Agreement

Just after the Federal Government
announced a ceasefire agreement
with the Boko Haram terrorists, a
series of deadly attacks was launched
on a number of Nigerian villages.
It would be recalled that Nigeria’s Armed forces’
Chief Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh announced the
ceasefire agreement on Thursday night. On Saturday,
two senior government sources said the ceasefire
agreement aims to secure the release of abducted
Chibok girls as early as Monday or Tuesday,
declining to give further details.
On Friday night, however, alleged Boko Haram
militants wreaked chaos in the village of Abadam,
near Niger, killing at least one person and
ransacking homes. Another assault on the village of
Dzur on Saturday morning left at least eight people
dead. Three other attacks in Michika local
government area, Adamawa State, on Saturday killed
dozens of people, witnesses and a local politician
report to the Reuters and CNN news agencies. The
unidentified hoodlums suspected to be members of
Boko Haram terrorist cell also have kidnapped a
number of villagers.
As security sources confirm the attack, the
government doubts if the attacks really were carried
out by Boko Haram. The authorities indicate that it
could have been one of several criminal groups that
are exploiting the chaos of the insurgency. According
to government spokesman Mike Omeri, who was
interviewed by Reuters, Boko Haram representatives
also deny involvement in the attacks.