The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the towns of Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State and conducted an unprecedented house-to-house search for members of the Jama’atu Alus sunna Lilda wati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, to be conducted.
A top security source who disclosed this to SaharaReporters said that the operations became inevitable and has yielded positive results about the hideouts of members of the sect, who have been shuttling between such Northern cities as Maiduguri, Kano, Bauchi and Gombe.
The development is coming barely one week after the JTF killed one and captured two top commanders who were attempting to enter Kano from their Maiduguri enclave. “Abdul Qaqa,” the group’s spokesman, is one of those reported to have been involved in that incident. While it is not known whether he was killed or captured, he has not been heard of since then. A journalist in Damaturu confirmed that the Yobe State search announcement by JTF was aired several times on the radio on Friday, adding that today, he heard several gunshots in Damaturu and environs.
SaharaReporters has also learned that on the boundaries of Kaduna and Kano State armed and plain clothes security personnel are continued with their operations in search of Boko Haram members fleeing Kano into some parts of Kaduna State. Immigration checking, it was gathered, has also been strengthened on Kaduna, Kano and Katsina routes.
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Posted: at 23-09-2012 11:01 AM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
FinlandGuy at 23-09-2012 12:06 PM (12 years ago) (m)
These our security agents are even confused.They don't even know the person they claimed to be arrested,they don't even know if he was killed or captured,so why announcing that the leader has been killed?
Posted: at 23-09-2012 12:06 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
aso4life1 at 23-09-2012 03:19 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Quote from: FinlandGuy on 23-09-2012 12:06 PM
These our security agents are even confused.They don't even know the person they claimed to be arrested,they don't even know if he was killed or captured,so why announcing that the leader has been killed?
Abeg help me ask them again if they have really killed that bastard talkative
if u attack my papa house, I'll retaliate but if you are peace loving,I will embrace you
Posted: at 23-09-2012 03:19 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
otagermo at 23-09-2012 05:56 PM (12 years ago) (m)
including that their hideout called mosque...........they should search their women also....even their kids...those fools can be mean atimes.......punch of smelling pigs.
Posted: at 23-09-2012 05:56 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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