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Despite ceasefire, Boko Haram attack a village, kill 9

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Despite the ceasefire agreement reached between Boko Haram
men and the Nigerian government on Friday October 17th,
members of sect same evening and in the early hours of Saturday
October 18th launched fresh attacks on Abadam and Dzur villages
in Borno state killing at least 9 people including the father of the
former Borno state House of Assembly, Goni Ali-Modu.

According to reports, the people killed in the fresh attacks were
residents of the villages who were jubilating over the announced
ceasefire agreement.

“The people (killed) were celebrating the ceasefire before
Boko Haram came to attack them. There isn’t much details
but I think you can contact the authorities for details.”

Meanwhile there are reports that the sect is in the process of
selecting a new leader after the death of the Abubakr Shekau
impostor in Konduga. According to a member of the states civilian
JTF who spoke with Tribune, he said the sect is not really ready for
a ceasefire and that the people who are posing as leaders of the
sect holding meetings with the federal government are mere
politicians who are out to deceive the government.

“The sect is only trying to buy more time to enable them to
regroup and announce Mamman Nur as their leader. Should
that happen, we are far away from any peace deal as his
name rings a bell in terrorism circles in Borno to Sudan and
other places across Africa” he said.

Nigerian govt reaches ceasefire with Boko Haram

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According to a breaking news report on Channels TV, the Nigerian
government has reached a ceasefire agreement with Boko Hraram
following today’s meeting between government officials led by
President Jonathan’s principal private secretary, Amb. Tukur,
Chadian government and reps of the sect group led by Danaldi
Ahmadu.

To this end, the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, has directed all
service chiefs to comply with the ceasefire agreement between
Nigeria and Boko Haram in all areas of operations. Securing the
release of the 219 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram was a
major part of their discussions.

Nigerian man jumps to his death trying to escape from police in Malaysia

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The Nigerian man pictured above named Osazuwa allegedly
jumped to his death from a 15-storey building on Monday October
13th as police stormed a place he was staying with friends in
Malaysia.

According to local media report, a Nigerian student had lodged a
police report in Puchong on Sunday October 12th claiming his
girlfriend had been kidnapped by Osazuwa and his gang.

“The boyfriend said he received a call from a suspect who
demanded RM40,000 for the release of his girlfriend, also a
Nigerian student here. We suspected the kidnappers were
people that the victim must have known. Police immediately
tracked the victim and her kidnappers’ whereabouts.”
criminal investigator Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said.

Malaysia police said the victim’s boyfriend cooperated with the
police in their investigations and he managed to coax the suspects
into giving him more time and told them he was gathering the
funds.

The police managed to find the victim’s location on Monday. She
was being held in a condominium unit in Taman Melati, Ampang.
“We formed a team to raid the condominium unit and moved
in on the suspects at about 5pm.”

Mohd Adnan said when police ambushed the unit located at the
condominium’s 13th floor, there were three Nigerian men and two
local women.

The victim was being held in one of the rooms.

“Upon seeing the police, the suspects attempted to escape.
The raiding team arrested two women and two men,” he said.
The other suspect tried to climb down from the balcony to a unit
below.

However, he could not grab hold of anything and fell to his death.

“The suspect who died was in his 20s and we are still trying
to establish his identity,” Mohd Adnan said.
The victim was unharmed while in the custody of the suspects. He
said investigation are underway to determine how many other
kidnapping cases they were involved in.

“The gang thought they could get money quickly by carrying
out this crime, but look what had happened — it has just
gone awfully wrong,” he said.

Source: Malaysia Star