The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said this Saturdaymorning that it killed five suspected terrorists after repelling an attack from the terrorists in Maiduguri.This is contained in a statement by Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, the spokesman of JTF, in Maiduguri.It stated that the terrorists attacked the JTF patrol team with an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) on Friday. "There was an IED attack targeted at JTF
patrol team at Ruwan Zafi, Dikwa-Gamboru
Road in Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram
terrorists."Fuel Propelled IED was used by the
terrorists during the attack, which resulted to fire
outbreak that burnt some adjoining shops,'' it stated. The statement added that two soldiers
and a teenager were wounded.It stated that
normalcy had since been restored in the affected
area, noting that people had resumed their normal
activities, unhindered.