[NEWS]JTF KILLS & ARRESTS SUSPECTED BOKO- HARAM MEMBERS

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, the
Borno state capital has killed seven and arrested
13 persons suspected to be members of the
dreaded Boko Haram sect.

The spokesman of the JTF in Borno state,
Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa in a statement
made available to Channels Television in
Maiduguri said the security officials were
conducting a cordon and search operation at
Gwange junction of the metropolis when the
hoodlums started shooting at them sporadically
in reaction to the operation.
The statement said in response to the attack,
seven of the insurgents were killed while
thirteen were arrested.
Col Sagir however said no casualty was recorded
on the side of the security forces.
Suspected sect member had on Wednesday
launched an attack on telecommunication
installations destroying several masts and killing
over 20 persons in Yobe, Borno and Kano states.
The spokesman of the sect, Abul Qaqai in an
emailed statement said “the attacks on these
communication facilities will continue unabated,
because the GSM firms are assisting the Federal
Government and its security agencies in tracking
and eventual arrests of our members in many
parts of the country.”
The Boko Haram in the statement also
threatened attacks on the facilities of the Voice
of America (VOA), including its personnel and
correspondents.
The statement reads “Our ultimate goal is the
establishment of an Islamic State in Nigeria and
we would not hesitate in taking punitive
measures against anybody who sabotage or assist
others that are sabotaging our efforts.
“This is why we are fighting the Nigerian
government and its collaborators, including
telecommunication companies. We would
continue attacking them (telecoms) until the
time they stopped releasing information about
our activities.
Telecommunication facilities were vandalised
across the northern part of the country
rendering communication within the region
erratic.