The 20 people killed by the Joint Task
Force (JTF) at the weekend in
Maiduguri were civilians and not
members of Boko Haram, the sect has
declared.
Field Operations Officer of the JTF, Lt.
Col. Victor Ebhaleme, said on Sunday
that one soldier was killed as 20
members of Boko Haram sect were
killed in a gun battle on Saturday
night.
“We got intelligence report that some
suspected Boko Haram terrorists
were holding a meeting at a particular location in the metropolis. As we approached the
venue, the terrorists opened fire on the JTF. Our men responded, which led to the killing of
20 of the terrorists. We lost one soldier and two others sustained injury,” Col. Ebhaleme said.
But, spokesman of Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa told reporters that those killed were not their
members.
Qaqa told a teleconference with reporters in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, and the
sect’s heartland, that his fighters had not been meeting at the place where the military said it
killed them.
“They only succeeded in killing civilians,” Qaqa said. “Twenty of us cannot risk sitting in a
volatile place to hold a meeting ... It is not possible.”
The Islamists have killed hundreds in gun and bomb attacks since they launched an uprising
in 2009.
Many important figures in the sect have been killed or arrested in a military crackdown that
appears to have weakened it since the beginning of the year.
But many civilians have also died or been beaten and harassed in the crackdown, fuelling
resentment that helps generate support for the movement.
The United States is urging Nigeria not to use excessive or indiscriminate force in the north,
an aide of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week said.
The death of Boko Haram’s leader in police custody in 2009 was seen as the event that
transformed it from a rebellious clerical movement into a dangerous militant group.
source:
www.thenationonlineng.net

Very daft brain you have qaqa or what do you call yourself?
For you to have lied against your empty brain. .so you expect a responsible civilian to exchange bullets with the JTF. .? Now I know you and your cohorts have no hope here on earth and in the grave you are digging for your sorry generations to come. .

You really think your Virgins would accept your body. . . .Hahahaha. .you people are seriously dozing on okada. . .na maggots go eat una skins. .thereafter eternal HELL filled with plaques of fire will burn you slowly and forever. . .


"one day. .na one day wen bushmeat go kill 'in hunter"

Very daft brain you have qaqa or what do you call yourself?
For you to have lied against your empty brain. .so you expect a responsible civilian to exchange bullets with the JTF. .? Now I know you and your cohorts have no hope here on earth and in the grave you are digging for your sorry generations to come. .

You really think your Virgins would accept your body. . . .Hahahaha. .you people are seriously dozing on okada. . .na maggots go eat una skins. .thereafter eternal HELL filled with plaques of fire will burn you slowly and forever. . .


"one day. .na one day wen bushmeat go kill 'in hunter"

hmm..