Speaking during an interview on Lucky Udu Experience, a victim who was kidnapped by Boko Haram while travelling en route to Maiduguri recounted how Boko Haram stopped their vehicle and communicated among themselves in both Kanuri and Hausa as they carried out the attack.
The victim said some of the Boko Haram members were speaking Kanuri while others spoke Hausa, and that the attackers repeatedly ordered the passengers to leave the vehicle by saying “Ku fita” as they took control of the situation, adding that a Fulani man who was sitting at the front of the vehicle was immediately singled out and removed from his position.
According to the victim, the incident happened so quickly that the passengers had little opportunity to understand what was taking place, explaining that the Fulani man had a small bag which he dropped on the other side after being removed from the front, before they killed him.
In his words: “Some were speaking Kanuri, and some were speaking Hausa. The Boko Haram members were saying, ‘Ku fita.’ There was a man at the front; he was a Fulani man. They removed him from the front instantly. He had a small bag, which he dropped on the other side. They removed him, and before we knew it, they had just instantly killed him.”
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