Boko Haram:The Day I would Not Forget

The day I would not forget is the day I found myself where Boko Haram was conducting raid in Damboa Local government area.

Iam a commercial driver then a merchant woman employed my services to be transporting her to and from Damboa in order for her to buy bush meat for the purpose of bringing it back to the city to sell, I accepted the offer and started driving this woman to Damboa local is 100km drive from the city I  enjoyed the job because the woman paid me well but the challenge I encountered at that time was there is insecurity on the way to the local government but when you come into the local government area it is a bit safer, that is due to the fact that there are hunters who served as vigilantes in other to protect people.

The vigilantes have played the role of the police to prevent the crimes that terrorists are trying to commit, the vigilantes were armed with double barrel, they were believed to have charms that gives them supernatural powers and gives them victory should there be a clash with Boko Haram terrorists.

The presence of vigilantes gave people the protection to go to the market and conduct their business activities, the woman I served as a driver goes to market weekly to buy her goods before she would brought it back to the city and sell it with a lot of profit.

One day i drived her to the market she left me and went deep inside the market to buy her goods, then i saw a young man standing like a soldier so i move close to him and look into his eyes I saw heat of anger my hunches told me that he is a member of Boko Haram.

It came into my mind to observe whether he is a lone or not, when i look to my left i saw another angry man standing like a soldier, when I looked to my right I saw another angry man standing the surprising thing was that noboby noticed that in the market except me despite that it was full of people.

Then i decided to go back to the car i saw the fought angry man when I passed him I saw the fifth angry man in fact we are saw close then fear came into my heart as if i would colapse the fifth man told me that " dont worry we didn't came for you, then i felt relief.

I went into the car pray that the woman come back so that we can go away. Then i saw more and of there coming pretending as marketers.

The target is the camp that the hunters are using as their resting place, the camp was located in the middle of the market, at night the hunters patrol the area to prevent Boko Haram from harming people the in the morning they would go to the camp loose their charms and oil there guns relax until it is evening before they go and prepare for the night patrol.

So Boko Haram have decided to take them when they unaware and unprepared. As the hunters continued relaxing they loose most of there guns Boko Haram have already encircled them, the hunters still mistakes them as marketers.

The next thing the commanders shouted " kill the infidels"

Then they brought out guns and killed all the hunters except one of them who magically disappeared. The woman and  me hide under the car we saw the destruction of lives by Boko Haram blood every where.

Since we successfully left Damboa I have never gone back and I would never go back there again.