Abuja - Islamist group Boko Haram on Friday
beheaded 11 of its own fighter, said an official
representing witnesses to the killings.
The 11 were executed because they had left a
Boko Haram camp in Sambisa Forest and
wanted to surrender to the government, said
Mahmud Babagana from the National Union of
Road Transport Workers, members of which
were witnesses to the murders.
"The truth is that many of these guys are tired
of killing and are beginning to repent. But
[Boko Haram] won't let them do that," he
added.
The killings took place in Miringa village in
Borno state.
Meanwhile, two female suicide bombers on
Thursday killed 11 people on a roadside in
Borno state, according to the website Sahara
Reporters.
The Thursday killings followed those of about
150 people in Borno villages earlier in the
week.
New programme
"I'm finished, my world has crumbled," said
Bukar Baba Ibrahim from the village of
Kukawa, where about 100 people were
slaughtered in mosques and in their homes.
Ibrahim said he had lost his three children,
his father, his six siblings and his uncle in the
attack.
"Being alive does not have any meaning to me
now. I have lost all my people and I am all
alone, no relatives, no house, because they
burned our house with my people inside it. It
would have been better if I had not survived,"
he said.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica
Mogherini condemned the killings and
expressed confidence that "the Nigerian
authorities will continue to fight terrorism with
the utmost determination and urgency,
respecting rules for engagement."
Earlier this week, a government official said 47
former Boko Haram members had joined a
new programme allowing former terrorists to
become reintegrated into society.
Since 2009, Boko Haram has killed more than
10 000 people in northern Nigeria in its
campaign to establish an Islamist state.
beheaded 11 of its own fighter, said an official
representing witnesses to the killings.
The 11 were executed because they had left a
Boko Haram camp in Sambisa Forest and
wanted to surrender to the government, said
Mahmud Babagana from the National Union of
Road Transport Workers, members of which
were witnesses to the murders.
"The truth is that many of these guys are tired
of killing and are beginning to repent. But
[Boko Haram] won't let them do that," he
added.
The killings took place in Miringa village in
Borno state.
Meanwhile, two female suicide bombers on
Thursday killed 11 people on a roadside in
Borno state, according to the website Sahara
Reporters.
The Thursday killings followed those of about
150 people in Borno villages earlier in the
week.
New programme
"I'm finished, my world has crumbled," said
Bukar Baba Ibrahim from the village of
Kukawa, where about 100 people were
slaughtered in mosques and in their homes.
Ibrahim said he had lost his three children,
his father, his six siblings and his uncle in the
attack.
"Being alive does not have any meaning to me
now. I have lost all my people and I am all
alone, no relatives, no house, because they
burned our house with my people inside it. It
would have been better if I had not survived,"
he said.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica
Mogherini condemned the killings and
expressed confidence that "the Nigerian
authorities will continue to fight terrorism with
the utmost determination and urgency,
respecting rules for engagement."
Earlier this week, a government official said 47
former Boko Haram members had joined a
new programme allowing former terrorists to
become reintegrated into society.
Since 2009, Boko Haram has killed more than
10 000 people in northern Nigeria in its
campaign to establish an Islamist state.
