The Joint Task Force (JTF) said on Tuesday that it has shot a suspected area commander of the Boko Haram sect after a gun battle in Maiduguri.
Lt-Col. Sagir Musa, the JTF Spokesman made the announcement in a statement in Maiduguri.
“Following a tip-off, a special operation was conducted on Tuesday in Maiduguri, which led to the arrest of a notorious commander of Boko Haram who was involved in recent attacks in Maiduguri.
“He was arrested with his gang members in Jajeri area of the city,'' Musa said, explaining that the commander and his gang attempted to escape shortly after the arrest.
“They attempted to escape when being moved to detention facilities for questioning.
“Our men had no choice but to shoot them and they bleed to death before they were taken to the hospital,'' Musa said.
He said that the bodies of the sect members had been deposited at the morgue of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).?????
Musa said that the JTF recovered one pump-action gun, two bows and arrow, three machetes and a handset, adding that the JTF also shot two suspected bandits after a shootout in Kachalari in Maiduguri.
“Following a distress call, the JTF responded and engaged a group of suspected armed bandits who robbed some houses in Kachalari, Maiduguri, in a shootout that led to the death of two suspected bandits.
“Three locally-made pistols, 15 rounds of assorted ammunition, four? machetes and a handset were recovered,” Musa said.?