Fleeing soldiers in Maiduguri yesterday said Boko Haram fighters used over 5,000 cows as shield during the battle for Monguno. .
A fleeing soldier speaking anonymously
explained that the cows were the ones seized from Fulani herdsmen in the
villages around the northern part of Borno State by the insurgents.
”Everyday, we were hearing stories that
Boko Haram men were seizing cows from Fulani people. Nobody ever
thought that their plan was to use the cows as shield to evade soldiers
until that day.
“They hid themselves behind the cows and
were advancing towards us. All the fire we were releasing was just on
the cows,” the soldier said.
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