JTF kills 3 Boko Haram members, arrests one in Damaturu

No fewer than three suspected Islamist sect members were killed and one other arrested on Sunday in a gun duel between the Boko Haram foot soldiers and the Joint Task Force (JTF) The clash between the sect members and the JTF, which took place at about 5p.m. in Nyanya area of Damaturu was accompanied by explosions and exchange of gunfire, which lasted several hours before eventually subsided. Acting Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Gbadegesin Toyin who confirmed the story said at about 5 p.m on Saturday, the men of Operation Restore Order III in Damaturu launched a pre-emptive offensive attack on one building in Nyanya suspected to be a den of some members of Boko Haram, and on approaching the building, they heard gunshots from the building directed at the men of the JTF. Toyin further revealed that security operatives quickly responded by opening fire on the residents of the suspected building and succeeded in killing three of the occupants while a lady was arrested, noting that they also recovered arms and ammunition including AK47 rifles, magazines loaded with bullets from the building. Menawhule, the army has said that its officers that captured Habib Bama, the Boko Haram kingpin who mastermind the suicide bombings of Police headquarters, Abuja, Mogadishu Cantonment Mammy Market, and St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State among others, would be given automatic promotions to the next rank. Please do not hesitate to leave your opinion in the comment section below.