On Boko Haram front line, Nigerian vigilantes amass victories and power
On Boko Haram front line, Nigerian vigilantes amass victories and power
Rights groups accuse vigilantes of abuses ranging from extortion to rape * Vigilantes take on Boko Haram with shotguns, swords * Nearly 700 killed in action, leaders say * Informal security forces demand pay, jobs * Rights groups accuse vigilantes of abuse, extortion * Observers in Nigeria fear militias being used in politics By Ed Cropley MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 15 (Reuters) - His broken arm is in a bamboo splint, his torso pock-marked with shrapnel and his jaw wired together by a Nigerian army surgeon. But 38-year-old vigilante Dala Aisami Angwalla is undaunted by two nearly fatal brushes in the last year with Boko Haram, one involving a landmine, the other an ambush, and is determined to
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