{"id":14535,"date":"2017-05-27T02:39:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T02:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14535"},"modified":"2017-05-27T02:39:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T02:39:53","slug":"boko-haram-still-very-active-hijacked-truck-loaded-with-rice-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14535","title":{"rendered":"BOKO HARAM STILL VERY ACTIVE, HIJACKED TRUCK LOADED WITH RICE IN BORNO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect broke loose\u00a0in Maiduguri, capital<\/strong><strong>\u00a0of Borno state, on Friday, hijacking bags of rice which the World Food Programme (WFP) planned to distribute to<\/strong><strong>\u00a0internally displaced persons (IDPs).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WFP is the food assistance branch of the United Nations (UN) and the world\u2019s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger.<\/p>\n<p>It has been distributing food items to IDPs and other vulnerable groups in the state worst hit by insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>Maigari Bala, a driver, who witnessed the incident, told TheCable that the insurgents struck in the Damboa road axis of the ancient town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey laid siege on the road around 3pm this afternoon. They seized a truck loaded with rice which was meant for distribution at an internally displaced person\u00a0(IDPs), camp in Damboa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took to our heels when we saw them in a very large number. They were shooting everywhere and chanting \u2018Allahu Akhbar\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=13285&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bala\u00a0said the insurgents did not kill anyone but were only interested in the foodstuff.<\/p>\n<p>Bashir Isa, another driver, who was on his way from Biu, a community still in Borno, expressed how lucky he was for not running into the armed men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a normal day, they would have killed everyone in sight, but this time around, they came for food,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank God that I didn\u2019t run into him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A similar incident occurred on Bama road last year. Insurgents had seized a truck conveying rice meant for IDPs.(CABLE)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Newspapers-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14459\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Newspapers-2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Newspapers-2-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Newspapers-2.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect broke loose\u00a0in Maiduguri, capital\u00a0of Borno state, on Friday, hijacking bags of rice which the World Food Programme (WFP) planned to distribute to\u00a0internally displaced persons (IDPs). WFP is the food assistance branch of the United Nations (UN) and the world\u2019s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger. 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