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| Location of the four cities in north eastern Nigeria where the Boko Haram conflict took place. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Confirming the death of the two suspected Boko Haram members, the commander of the 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Kano, Brigadier General Iliyasu Abba, told reporters while conducting them round the scene of the incident, that the suspects wanted to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) loaded in a car so that it could also kill the security forces that stormed their house following a tip off. "Unfortunately the IEDs inside the car exploded on them and shattered their bodies," he said.
Also in Bornu, the state JTF engaged members of the sect in a shootout that lasted for an hour. This followed the sect's attack on a task force location along the Abaganaram and railway quarters in the town between 5:30 and 7:15pm Saturday.
Though the total number of casualties was not clear last night, JTF claimed that three members of the sect were killed in the shootout with its men. JTF spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa told THISDAY that the attack was repelled and three Boko Haram members were killed while an AK 47 rifle was recovered from the fundamentalists as well as 200 rounds of 6.722 mm special ammunition. He said the military was still in pursuit of the fleeing members of the sect, even as he claimed that the situation was under control and that the press would be furnished with more information as it unfolds. THISDAY learnt that apart from the men of the JTF who were attacked, the fundamentalists laid a siege on the Lamisula Police Station.
By Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri
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