Written by James Bwala, Maiduguri
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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THE Joint Task Force on Operation Restore Order in Borno State (JTF) has said that it successfully carried out an operation on Tuesday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, where officers and men of the task force killed one member of the Boko Haram sect and three suspected armed robbers, and arrested 13 members of the dreaded Islamic sect.

Spokesman for the JTF, Lieutenant-Colonel Shamsu Musa told Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri, on Tuesday, that men of the JTF were able to carry out the operation in three areas of the metropolis following a tip-off.

“Following a tip-off, the JTF Operation Restore Order had raided a hideout of suspected Boko Haram members at Pompomari area of Maiduguri metropolis. A suspected Boko Haram member was killed during the operation. One AK 47 rifle and some Improvised Explosive Device materials were recovered,” Lieutenant-Colonel Musa explained.

According to him, the incident happened at about 0530 hours of Tuesday. He also said two hours before the operation at Pompomari, another operation was carried out at about 0330 hours, when officers and men of the JTF cordoned off another black spot at Wulari ward of Maiduguri, and search operation was conducted.

He said: “In that operation, we arrested 13 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect and they are being investigated.”

Lieutenant-Colonel Musa also said that in a similar operation at about 0218 hours, they responded to a distress call from Gomari ward of Maiduguri and engaged some armed robbers in a shoot-out that led to the killing of three suspected armed robbers.

“We recovered one locally made pistol, a dane gun and three matches from the armed robbers,” he said.