INTERESTING: Boko Haram Men Dressed As Women?

The Boko Haram suspects dressed like Muslim women to evade arrest.

Two suspected members of the insurgent Boko Haram were on Thursday arrested by the vigilante, tagged Civilian-JTF, and handed over to soldiers in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital. The suspects were then shot dead by the soldiers.

The mode of arrest of the suspects confirms the fear of residents of Borno that the insurgents have designed a scheme of dressing like Muslim women in veils for them to avoid arrest.

The decision of the insurgents to disguise their appearances follows the increased clampdown on them by the Civilian-JTF.

On Thursday, two of such cross-dressers, both in their early thirties, were arrested while trying to go about unnoticed. The two suspected Boko Haram members, who were said to be residents of Shehuri area of Maiduguri, were caught on the way out of the city to Konduga by the Civilian-JTF.

It took a while to convince witnesses that the two young ladies with voluptuous breasts and heavy waists were men.

According to a Civilian-JTF operative, Isa Aliko, the two cross-dressing men were nabbed based on a tip-off from some young men who hung around the Shehu of Borno’s Palace.

“We know all of them and when we were given the hint that they were dressed like women and covered with Hijjab (Islamic cover for women), we launched a search for them until we finally caught them at the outskirts of the town,” said Mr. Aliko.

The two men wore heavy makeup, ear rings and head ties with two big oranges each in their brassieres masquerading as breasts.

After they were caught, they were beaten by angry Civilian-JTF members before they were handed over to soldiers who subsequently shot them dead.

The Nigerian military has been having a torrid time dealing with the outlawed sect in Borno and neighbouring Adamawa and Yobe. While the military has suffered causalities, it has announced the successful hunt and demolition of several cells of the insurgents. The military recently announced the likely death of the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, following a shoot-out with soldiers. The announcement came several hours after the second in command to Mr. Shekau was also killed in a gun battle with soldiers.

Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe are still under emergency rule, since May, to flush out the sect and other criminals operating in the area.

Source: Premium Times