JTF
The
Joint Military Task Forces have arrested a total of 25 insurgents
during an operation to foil a planned attack on Maiduguri metropolis.
Director of Defence Information, Brig.
Gen. Chris Olukolade, who said this in a statement on Monday, added that
the security forces also killed three of the terror suspects.
According to him, those killed included a
high profile terror suspect, identified as Abba, who had been on the
list of JTF’s most wanted persons.
He said, however, that the militants
killed an operative of the JTF but were stopped from carrying out their
plan to infiltrate the city to carry out attacks.
Olukolade said the confrontation between
the security operatives and the militants occurred when the suspected
terrorists were making moves to carry out a major attack in the Borno
State capital.
He said various arms and ammunition were
recovered from the militants during the encounter with security
operatives in some parts of the city.
He said, “Meanwhile, a total of 25
insurgents were rounded up while three died, including a high profile
terrorist identified as Abba, who has been on the list of most wanted
persons.
“This incident happened during an
encounter with troops of the task force as the insurgents were
finalising moves to carry out an extensive terrorist operation around
Maiduguri.
“The captured ones were all apprehended
with their weapons, which include rifles, pistols, double barrel guns
and various calibres of ammunition during a raid operation of the JTF in
Kumshe and Bulunkutu area.”
In a related development, Olukolade also
said the men of the Multinational Joint Task Force had captured and
destroyed the assembly points of the terrorists in the outskirts of
Kaneram, Dan Katsina, Tumbu Dabino and Mallam Fatori area north of Baga.
He said the affected towns and settlements had been cordoned off for an ongoing search operation in the area.
He said the operation
carried out by the MJTF was in response to an intercepted message sent
to fleeing insurgents to continue with the resolve to fight till the
end.
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