Residents of Toungo border community and it’s environs may have a sigh of relief as thunderstorm reportedly killed 18 suspected Kidnappers in Toungo forest while sharing largesse.
An official of Toungo Local Council who preferred anonymity confirmed that the local hunters couldn’t retrieve the corpses.
“The bandits that gathered, had collected over 20 million from their wealthy victims at a remote village between Koncha in Cameroon and Toungo in Nigeria.
“Angered by the incessant attacks by the kidnappers and who out of frustration some community leaders and victims consulted a native doctor to send thunder after the bandits.
“They met their waterloo when they gather to share the money.
“For now local hunters couldn’t retrieve their corpses, money in bags, and their sophisticated weapons including AK47 ripples.
” Soldiers have gone there,” said the local official.
Another source who simply identified himself as Moses said that with this development residents have a little respite.
“Trust this Chamba native doctor, I think it’s high time people to start looking alternative ways of tackling the bandits, instead of relying on formal security agencies who are overstretched.
“And with this thunderstorm strike, our people will have cause to sleep with two eyes closed.”
He further laments that spurred by the continued cross border banditry residents had to engage the service of local vigilante and hunters while traveling, ” it’s unfortunate that things continued deteriorating day by day.
In the meantime, efforts to get the council chairman proved abortive as the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) was not permitted to speak to the press.
However, when contacted Friday morning, a police spokesman in the state DSP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje confirmed the incident though he said it was in neighbouring Cameroon’s territory.
” Yes, we heard of it, that the victims engaged the service of a local native doctor.
” But it was said to have occurred in neighboring Cameroon’s territory which is not under our jurisdiction, so nothing Divisional Police officer can do, but Nigeria troops can do something because it affects territory,” said Nguroje.
He further that to tackle the menace of the cross border banditry plaguing the area if Toungo, Ganye, Jada and Mayo Belwa,” the police Commissioners had asked DPOs and Area Commands to engage the service of local vigilante and hunters who knows the mountainous terrains.”
Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz based in Yola, North Eastern part of Nigeria read Journalism from the prestigiousAhmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and attended several professional coursesonTackling Sensitive Subjects- BBC World Trust, News Reporting Course, Catholic Media Centre, Reporting Corruption- BBC World Trust and Reporters Training on New Challenges- VOA . In 2012 he was among thosehonored by the by Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) and presently he is a member, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Member, Translators Without Border (TWB) international.
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