On Thursday, Islamic State West Province (ISWAP) terrorists dropped leaflets across the Buni Gari region of Yobe state, warning and threatening security officials standing against them.
ISWAP is a splinter group of Boko Haram. Global Sentinel, translated the leaflets which were written in Hausa, features the black flag of ISIS was titled “Message From Jundul Khalifa To People of Buni Gari” – from its English translation.
“You have been catching our brothers and killing them, unfortunately, we don’t target you with our weapons,” the leaflets read.
“Our war is against the government and it’s official (soldiers and police and vigilante and all those that assist them in fighting us in any way) anyone that is in this category, then he knows we will kill him if we get an advantage on him.
“If you want to live in peace like you are living, then take your hands off us,” it said.
The origin and people who distributed the leaflet were unidentified.
Communities in the north-west and north-central Nigeria, lacking state protection, are becoming increasingly vulnerable to converging threats from these groups.
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says more than 30,000 people have been killed and nearly 3 million displaced in the decade of Boko Haram’s terrorist activities in Nigeria.
The United Nations last Friday said 10.6 million out of the 13 million people in the conflict-ravaged states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe would need humanitarian assistance this year.
It said the figures represented a 50-per cent increase since last year and the highest tally since the beginning of the joint humanitarian response five years ago.
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