TENSION AS HUNDREDS OF REPENTANT BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS RIOT IN BORNO STATE

Hundreds of Nigerian Boko Haram terrorists who are being held in a camp in Borno State after surrendering to the military rioted on Wednesday to demand the right to slaughter cows for meat, AFP reports.

The riot prompted residents in the Northeast city of Maidaguri to lay siege to the camp, wielding swords, daggers and clubs, and threatening to kill anyone who left the facility, security sources said.

Around 250 Boko Haram members, including women and children, staged a violent protest in the Gidan Taki outskirts of the city, smashing windows and doors and threatening to move out of the camp if their demand was not met, the sources and residents said.

The Boko Haram inmates went on a rampage this morning, breaking doors and windows and even attempted to leave the camp," said Konto Garga, a member of an anti-jihadist militia that helps the army.

According to the Nigerian military, 18,000 Boko Haram.

The protesting terrorists, who have been in the camp since August, were demanding authorities hand them the cow they are provided daily to slaughter themselves instead of being provided with the beef from the abattoir, the sources said "People living in the area came out with locally made weapons and voured to kill any one of the protesters who stepped out of the camp," militia member Garga said.

The people still see them as a security threat," said Garga, who was among security personnel sent to prevent the jihadists from leaving.