THE Military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital,
has arrested five suspected Boko Haram commanders and six others.
Acting
on an intelligence report on the sect’s hideout at Waka-Biu of the Biu
Local Council of the state, the JTF arrested the suspected terrorists on
Monday night.
Apart from arms and ammunition, 36 primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered from the hideout.
Five
riot tear gas and four tear gas canisters, bomb making materials, two
handcuffs, two cameras and a binocular were also recovered.
Police helmet and combat boots, a Yoshita empty tank and driller machine were recovered too.
Waka
Biu is 187 Kilometres south of Maiduguri and headquarters of the sect. A
statement by JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir, confirmed the arrest.
Besides,
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has condemned the recent attacks
and torching of the office complexes of the Ministry of Religious
Affairs and Pilgrims Welfare Commission (YPWC), mosque, a secondary
school, Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) firms’ masts and 14
vehicles in Damaturu.
He said that the attacks were sponsored by the opposition within and outside the state.
The
governor gave the condemnation while inspecting the destroyed three
office complexes and vehicles on Potiskum Road, Damaturu, the state
capital.
Gaidam said: “The wanton destruction of government
property and GSM firms’ masts by suspected Boko Haram members, is not
only barbaric, evil-minded and counter-productive, but condemnable in
totality by any right-thinking person that wants this state to move
forward and live in peace and unity.”
The governor recalled that
in June this year, primary and Islamiyyah schools as well as churches in
parts of Damaturu, the state capital were attacked by hoodlums in a
similar manner the offices complex, school, and government and private
vehicles were destroyed.
Gaidam said that government would reconstruct all destroyed government office complexes
Source: Guardian
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