Barely 24 hours after over ten people were slaughtered
in Maiduguri, twenty ladies in mini skirts and trousers were yesterday
slaughtered in their separate homes in the metropolis by yet to be identified
terrorists.
Also the Joint Task Force, Operation ‘Restore Order’,
Friday, placed a bounty on suspected
terrorists and members of Boko Haram.
This ugly development in Maiduguri is one of its kind,
as many believed that most of the daily killings in Borno are only targeted at
men and security agencies.
Stranded commuters on their way to Maiduguri.
The slaughtering of about twenty different ladies, our
correspondent gathered, took place in the early hours of yesterday precisely at
about 1 to 2am when most of residents were still asleep in their houses due to
the curfew imposed by state government.
A source told our correspondent that the most hit areas
were Mary wards, few meters away from the University of Maiduguri, one of the places accommodating students of
the institution living off-Campus due to accommodation shortage.
Also affected according to investigation, were ladies
living close to the black spots areas of Gwange, London Chiki, Abbagaram,
Kaleri areas where series of killings and bomb blasts had occurred in the past,
killing JTF officers.
When contacted on phone, both the JTF spokesman,
Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa and the Police Commissioner, Mr. Yuguda Abdullahi
said that they are not in Maiduguri, the state capital to confirm the incident.
But a top JTF Commander
said, he had directed his men to the affected areas yesterday
morning to evacuate the remains of over
twenty girls slaughtered within the Maiduguri metropolis.