As the Boko Haram insurgents continue to extend their operations through suicide bombers, some residents have now resorted tojungle justice for bombers who get caught.
A man reportedly trying to plant explosives at the central motor park in Gombe, Gombe State, was set on fire after an angry mob piled used tires on him.
Eyewitnesses told the Hausa Service of the BBC that the suspect was waiting suspiciouslyto enter the Gombe central motor park when vigilantes in the area confronted him after he refused to open his black bag containing a bomb.
After the man was beaten with sticks, the crowd immediately gathered around him, doused him with gasoline and burnt him to ashes.
Meanwhile, at least 10 soldiers and scores of Boko BokoHaram fighters have been reported dead after a fierce gun battle between the two in Gombi town of Adamawa State which had been under the sect’s control since last week. Gombi town, seen as an entry point to Yola, the state capital, was stormed by the Boko Haram sect last Thursday.
Residents of the town told the BBC that the insurgents took on the troops who wanted to reclaim the town in a shoot-out yesterday morning.
Source: LEADERSHIPNG
