The New Method Boko Haram Uses To Raise Money For Fuel

Danladi Umar, a survivor of Boko Haram’s latest attack on a Borno town has revealed the terrorists’ method
of survival were selling goats and other livestock seized from owners during se­ries of attacks on the communities to buy petrol.

Danladi who fled the troubled Kukawa town, north of Borno following the Wednesday Boko Haram attack disclosed to Sunday Sun, he said: “They took away our goats, chicken and other livestock after attack on Kukawa and other neighbouring villages. They also seized our property, claiming Allah has bestowed these things to them.”

“But when people started returning to Kukawa before the start of Ramadan, Boko Haram men started selling the goats, chicken and some of the items back to people who were even the original owners in the first place.

“They said they were raising money to buy petrol to fuel their vehicles and motorcycles because petrol was being sold for N1,000 a litre in Kukawa before the last attack (Wednes­day).”

A group of Boko Haram insurgents last Wednesday launched coordinated attacks on Kukawa, a serene community around the Lake Chad bordering Niger.

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Sources said residents, mostly peasant farmers and fishermen, had barely assembled in the major mosques for the break of the Muslim fast when the armed men came to unleash terror on them.

One of the sources disclosed: “They rounded up people in mosques and opened fire on them. They also pursued those trying to escape and shot them. About 97 people were killed while the insurgents also set fire on houses.”

But Danladi who appeared famished shortly after arriving Maiduguri following two days of trekking in the bush, said the casualty figure was higher, insisting that about 120 people were massacred.

“It is more than 97, there are corpses everywhere, about 120 people may have died. The insurgents burnt many houses and wrecked havoc in Kukawa,” he said.

He also added that an historical tree in the town was ripped off following sporadic gunshots by the insurgents. He said many children who had gathered at a place where women fry and sell bean-cake were caught up in the heavy shooting. “Most of the women and children at a place where bean-cake are sold were shot dead,” he added.