Boko Haram Video Journalist Killed"On Duty"

The video journalist responsible for capturing the activities of Boko
Haram sect was amongst those who were killed by Nigeria military force
yesterday Friday, during a gun-battle with the sect. The video
journalist who was believed to have shot several videos of past
activities of sect including the video of the abducted Chibok girls
was caught in a fierce battle while capturing yesterday battle on
camera. Over 200 Boko Haram terrorist including a dreaded commander of
the group named Amir were killed on Friday in Konduga near Maiduguri,
Borno State, report says.

One Nigerian army officer said a feared commander known only as Amir
was among the dead after a battle on Friday in Konduga town, 35
kilometres from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state and birthplace
of the extremist group.

There were no military casualties, according to the officer and a
civilian self-defence group that fights alongside the soldiers. Both
spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to
speak to reporters.

Boko Haram has captured a string of towns in recent weeks stretching
over 320 kilometres alongside Nigeria's north-east border with
Cameroon in a new campaign to create an Islamic caliphate, mimicking
the Isis group in Syria and Iraq.

The extremists also have attacked a town and villages across the
border in Cameroon, but that country's state radio said Cameroonian
troops beat them off and forced them back across the border into
Nigeria.

The United States said last week it is about to launch a major border
security program for Nigeria and its neighbours, but gave no details.

Thousands of civilians have been forced from their homes in the latest
offensive, joining more than 1.5 million other Nigerians who are
refugees within their country or across borders in Niger, Cameroon and
Chad, according to UN figures.

Extremists who have taken other towns have told residents that their
next target is Maiduguri, the headquarters of the military campaign in
the north-east. Boko Haram has attacked the city several times, with
suicide and car bombs that have killed scores. In December they
launched a bold attack on an air force base on the outskirts in which
they destroyed five aircraft and in February an assault on the main
military barracks in the city, in which they freed hundreds of
detainees.

The soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed detainees in the aftermath of
that last attack, mostly civilians accused of belonging to or
supporting the insurgency. Amnesty International put the number of
civilians killed by the soldiers at nearly 700.

Nigeria's military is accused of massive human rights abuses in the
fight against the extremists, including the deaths of thousands of
illegally detained people