JTF seizes 5,000 arms in Maiduguri house-to-house search

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin


The Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Peace, in Borno State has about 5,000 assorted arms and ammunition in Maiduguri, the state capital.



Most of these arms and ammunition were recovered from the members of the public who voluntarily submitted them before the expiration of the October 31 deadline given by the commission.

Others were recovered during the ongoing house-to-house search as well as those dropped at refuse dumps at some locations in the Maiduguri metropolis by some unknown persons.

Some of the areas where the arms, especially guns, (AK47 rifles) were recovered from refuse dumps included Baga Road and Abaganaram Housing Estate and Jajeri ward.

The JTF spokesman, Lt Col. Hassan Mohammed, in a telephone interview on Thursday, confirmed that about 5,000 assorted arms and ammunition had been recovered by the task force since the exercise started last month in Maiduguri

Mohammed said the house-to-house search would continue in Maiduguri, appealing to members of the public to support the JTF to restore peace and order in the state.

Meanwhile, Mohammed said the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Thursday shot and killed an on-duty soldier charged with guarding a market.

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We need to do this across nigeria. The nigerian army should be mandated to mop up arms state by state. A lot of the issues we currently have would die down.

5,000 arms !!! That is no small arms oooooo.

This is what we've been crying for, do an intensive house to house search for weapons. The only thing they didn't get right was a curfew to pin those animals down in one position while the searches are taking place. That way they can't move their stash to avoid detection

I belief dis amunitions are not from libya!

dont fall for cheap propaganda. most of those arms may be dane guns, bows and arrows, swords and daggers. those stuffs are common among farmers and villagers out there.

assorted arms indeed!

They even picked arms from refuse dumps . They must have more than 5000 in Maiduguri alone.

^ how many? i can also spin a story to make it look worse

Where will the arms go to? And where also did the arms surrendered by Niger-Delta militants go to?

it is widely reported that there are between 1m to 3m guns in private individual hands in nigeria. i would assume about 500,000 weapons, even this conservative figure means is that at least each state would have close to 20,000 depending of course how stable such state is. although, maiduaguri has always been a relatively state until the coming of boko haram, however, instability in neighbouring states like plateau has been in constant warfare and nothing like this can better dissuade any peace loving people from arming themselves should in case the crises spill over.
but it must be noted that from the mode of operations of boko haram, it is an organisation which depends least on the power of guns and ammunitions unlike any other in the country. wat this imply is that lesser guns might be in circulation there. but even with their constant usage of explosives, they would still need likely thousands of guns to protect them self against direct attacks by the nigeria security services.
hence that 5,000 is still too small.

5,000arms? i doubt dis figure by jtf. It's cheap propaganda to show dat they are working.

Liaaaaaaars

valacious:

5,000arms? i doubt dis figure by jtf. It's cheap propaganda to show dat they are working.

dumb fellow. they will account for same to the force HQ ARMOURY. dont u reason that line

I bet some of those weapons includes kitchen knives which can be classified as a weapon if deployed wrongly.

Maiduguri

mostly local made guns,

Obv these ppl aint playing anymore, Lord knows how many arms they got stashed already.

Let who wants to call for war/secession plan their war/secession right this time o.

ak47mann:

mostly local made guns,

Phew, that makes it much much better.

5000 guns in maiduguri?,

These house-tohouse searches are illegal and a blatant violation of the human rights of these people. Have they searched the homes of leading politicians in the area? SMH

Da Doctor:

dumb fellow. they will account for same to the force HQ ARMOURY. dont u reason that line

must u abuse me before stating your point?must i agree with everyone's opinion?it pays showing some manners even though u dont know me.

We are not fools! So Stop decieving us. Why not do the house to house search in plateau! if u are indeed honest and truthful.

SO HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION?
THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T PROGRESSED AS A NATION.
WE DO NOT PUNISH CRIMINALS!!!

_{that is if it's true sef}

CHEER PROPAGANDA!
this exaggerated figure includes all kinds of arms, bows, knives, arrows, stones, dame guns, cutlasses, sticks, charms, etc. the JTF should improve on their performance and do less of publicity stunts. we see lapses in security arraignments in JOS on a frequent bases.

I wonder why the jtf didnt apply this method in the niger delta(gbamaratu, odi etc), if it was in the south south, by now a whole community would have been raised to the ground.

Why should some cases in some regions be treated with kid gloves and others in the south with brute force?!

no MIND DEM. FOOLS why dem no shoot the whole maidugiri. IDIOTS