We Have Juju! Adamawa Hunters Kill 80 #BokoHaram members, Recapture Village

Some hunters in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State, ambushed and killed about 80 members of the Boko Haram insurgents yesterday.

One of the hunters who spoke to ThisDay, said the capture of Mahia town on Monday by insurgents motivated them (the local hunters) in the town to mobilise other hunters in neighbouring communities to team up against the insurgents in order to recapture the town.

The hunters were said to have fought gallantly, killed 80 members of the insurgents and recovered Mahia Local Government , headquarters from the control of the insurgents. 

The hunter said it was the military that prevented them from dislodging the insurgents because they are not constituted security forces and could not be trusted with such a mission.

“If the military can authorise us and provide back up, we will wipe out the insurgents because we know their hideouts and if it is juju (voodoo), we also have it and can use that to identify them.

“Boko Haram insurgents fear us because they know what we can do, let the military leave us with Boko Haram and see what is going to happen. We took advantage of the fact that the soldiers had fled the area and we used the opportunity to kill them and chased others out of Mahia”, one of the hunters said.