The Joint Military Task Force, (JTF) in Borno state said yesterday that its personnel have recorded another ‘landmark’ victory in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency, as three members of the sect were apprehended while several arms, ammunition and materials for making improvise explosive devices, (IEDs) were also recovered.
It was gathered that the operation was conducted by hundreds of soldiers who cordoned off the area, a situation which threw the residents into serious panic.
Spokesman of the JTF, Lt-Col. Hassan Mohammed told newsmen that operatives of the task force succeeded in arresting the members of the group when they raided a compound in Dala ward of Maiduguri, the capital city in the early hours of yesterday, following a tip-off.
According to Lt-Col. Mohammed some residents of the area have earlier alerted JTF on the presence of some strangers in a compound and some objects, which they suspected to be bombs, were hidden inside.?