Operatives of the Joint Military Task Force, (JTF) in Borno State, on Wednesday, killed four suspected Boko Haram gunmen at various locations in Maiduguri, the capital city.
Spokesman of the JTF, Lt- Col. Hassan Mohammed, who made the disclosure after leading newsmen to one of the scenes of the incident, yesterday, also displayed a corpse of a young man which he claimed was among members of the group gunned down by the task force.
According to Col. Mohammed, the first incident took place at Bayan-Quarters ward, when three men drove in a Volkswagen car at about 6:30pm and attempted to evade a roadblock mounted by soldiers for a routine stop and search operations.
He explained that on reaching the security check point, the gunmen failed to stop and zoomed off, but the soldiers pursued them and fired shots at the vehicle, which led to the death of one suspect while others escaped with gunshot wounds.???
The sect members, the spokesman added, might have been out for a deadly operation giving the heavy arms in their possession as two AK47 rifles and four extra magazines loaded with live ammunition.
The task force spokesman also explained that, three hours later, another team of soldiers raided a hide out of the sect members in Gwange ward resulting in a gun duel that led to the gunning down of three suspects.