During the clash, three people were killed and two soldiers injured by a blast, the Operations Officer of JTF, Col. Victor Ebhaleme, said.
“The blast occurred when a patrol team of the JTF was attacked on Tuesday morning ... (we) blame Boko Haram for planting improvised explosive devices in residential areas,” Ebhaleme told Reuters.
More than 150 people have been killed this year in the city of more than 1.2 million people.
The army said 11 members of Boko Haram were killed and two soldiers wounded on Saturday night as the military stepped up efforts to curb the violence.
Thousands boarded trucks to exit the city, witnesses said. “We are going to Kano where my late husband who was killed by soldiers last Saturday comes from,” Aishatu Musa, a woman with five children, told Reuters.
Last week authorities in Maiduguri banned motorcycles, which have been used for bombings and shootings.
Meanwhile, the National Secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria, Senator Lawal Shuaibu, has said that the government needs to rely on the intelligence community to tackle insecurity in the country.
He criticised the Federal Government’s dependence on governors and state security agents for information on terrorist groups and kidnappings in the country.
Shuaibu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that community leaders would best give out factual information on activities around their jurisdiction.
This is just as a group, The Muslim Rights Concern condemned the bombing of churches by suspected Islamic extremists.
The organisation said in a press statement by its Director, Dr. Is-haq Akintola, that Islam did not in any place advocate violent attacks against Christians.
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