Nigerian security forces fighting the
Boko Haram Islamist sect in the
North- East of the country said on
Friday that they had killed two
commanders from the group and
arrested eight other members in two
separate incidents. This is according
to reports from Reuters. The sect
has killed hundreds in attacks on
security forces, government offices
and churches since launching an
uprising in 2009 with the aim of
carving out an Islamic state. Agents
from the secret service stopped a car
at a check point on the outskirts of
Maiduguri on Wednesday and the
occupants opened fire on them, said
Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa,
spokesman for the Joint Military Task
Force in the North-Eastern city.
He said security forces returned fire
and killed the commanders. “The
two sect members were top
commanders coordinating the sect
activities in Mubi and Yola, in
Adamawa and Yobe states,” Musa
said, He added that in a separate
incident in Maiduguri, eight Boko
Haram suspects were arrested. The
details could not be independently
verified and there was no immediate
response from Boko Haram, which
is based in Maiduguri.