The Boko Haram rebel who took over Gamboru town in Borno State on Monday have started selective killings, residents said yesterday.

The residents said the Nigerian government should cede the town and adjoining villages to Cameroon if it cannot protect them.
They said since the day of the attack, only Cameroonian troops are overseeing the border between Nigeria and Cameroon.
Residents said 42 people have been killed while many others have been abducted.
On the day they took Gamboru, Boko Haram commanders told residents of the town not to panic or flee, assuring them that they would not touch them.
However, after effectively taking over the town, they started trailing some people and killing them, witnesses said.
Mohammed Amin, a resident who fled yesterday, said “One of the prominent people they killed yesterday was Alhaji Kwanto, a leading businessman in Gamboru. They have also kidnapped a prominent cleric named Gwani Dumbude.”