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| President Goodluck Jonathan during a parade |
Islamic militant group Boko Haram responded to the amnesty offer from Nigeria's government with more violence and bloodshed over the weekend.
According to credible reports, close to 200 people have been killed with scores of hundreds also wounded as a result of intense fighting between the radical Islamic sect and Nigeria's security forces in the Northern Nigerian town of Baga, near the border with the Republic of Chad.
Sources informed CC that this particular battle showed that Boko Haram had for all intents and purposes increased their attacks on soft targets as well as security targets, even as calls increased from Northern leaders for amnesty to be granted to a group, that continues to murder innocent civilians in cold blood,
This attack would count as the deadliest to-date by Boko Haram since the height of the baseless insurgency in 2009.
More to follow.
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