The Joint Task Force (JTF) said?it had shot and killed three members of the Boko Haram sect and arrested two of them? in Miaduguri.
The Spokesman of the JTF, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri.
He added that the deceased and those arrested were suspected of killing civilians at the “Monday Market'' last?Wednesday in the area.
Musa said?the feat was accomplished during?”Operation Restore Order” (ORO) embarked upon by the task force.
He said that?members?of the sect were killed after the JFT raided their hideout in Bula-Bulin area on Sunday.
“Information received from a Good Samaritan revealed that the Boko Haram terrorists, responsible for the killing of some civilians in Monday Market on April 4, were located in Bula-Bulin area of Maiduguri.
“Consequently, the area was cordoned off and searched in the early hours of Sunday, which resulted in an attack on their hideout, leading to the killing of three while two were arrested.”
Musa said?that one FN rifle, two locally made pistols and 185 rounds of assorted ammunition were recovered during the exercise.
“In a related development, an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) was discovered at Kwanar Yobe at about 3.30 pm today and was destroyed by the bomb disposal experts shortly after discovery,'' he said.(NAN)