Nigerian Soldiers hide as Boko Haram attacks Churches

There are allegations that Nigerian Soldiers reportedly went into hiding in the bush as Boko Haram gunmen unleashed fresh attacks on Churches in the Chibok area of Borno State Yesterday.

Residents said dozens of people may have been killed in the raids on villages roughly 10 kilometres, (six miles) outside of Chibok, but no one was able to offer an authoritative death toll and the military was not immediately available to comment.

“The attackers went to churches with bombs and guns,” Timothy James, a Chibok resident said by phone.

 “From what I gathered, dozens of worshippers, including men, women and children were killed,” he said, explaining that his information had come from people who fled the affected area and through phone calls.

Enoch Mark, an outspoken Chibok leader since the April 14 kidnappings, gave a similar account, telling AFP in Lagos, “presently, as we are talking now, we are under attack”.

“We cannot tell the number of dead bodies,” he added. “I was told the attackers burnt at least three churches to the ground.”

Mark further said that the military had not responded to distress calls after the attack began.

“They just went and got a hiding place in the bush,” he told AFP.

While it was not immediately possible to verify the charge, if true, it would likely raise further questions about the military effort in the northeast, the epicentre of Boko Haram’s five-year deadly uprising.

Can this be true? These are the same soldiers who go out of this country and come back with medals for representing the Nation well, so why can’t they fight a sect that is not as sophisticated as they ones they fight outside the shores of our land? I will assume this isn't true even if I think it is. So sad, this country.