No fewer than 80 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by local hunters in Maiha town of Adamawa state.
According to reports, the hunters engaged the terrorists in a fierce battle following Boko Haram’s attack on their town.
The local hunters who said they have successfully captured Maiha town back from the insurgents said they had to mobilise other hunters from surrounding towns to engage the insurgents .
“We fought gallantly, killed 80 members of the insurgents and recaptured Mahia Local Government headquarters from their control,” said one hunter who didn’t want to be named.
He also disclosed that if not for the military that doesn’t want them to engage the sect, they would have sent Boko Haram away from Adamawa and beyond,and also recapture all towns currently in their control.
“The military kept telling us that we cannot be allowed to go after the insurgents since we are not legally constituted.
“We can only appeal to the military authorities to scrutinise us and authorise us to face the Boko Haram insurgents in a battle which I believed we will defeat the insurgents and regain our land.
If the military can authorise us and give us back-ups, we will wipe out the insurgents because we know their hideouts and if it is juju (local charms), we will match them it.
“Boko Haram 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 have fled the area and used the opportunity to kill and chase some of the insurgents out of Mahia,” he added.