Twenty four hours after members of the extremist sect, Jama’atu ahlis
sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, otherwise called Boko Haram, dismissed the
resolve by governors and traditional rulers in the north to fight the
sect, and pledged to escalate attacks on
strategic telecommunication
sites in the north east and north central regions of the country, men of
the Joint task force (JTF) in Maiduguri killed seven of them in a gun
battle and arrested thirteen others along Gwange junction.
JTF Spokesman, Sagir Musa, said security officials were conducting a cordon and search operation at Gwange junction when men he described as hoodlums started shooting at them. “The task force had no option than to respond with fire,” Mr. Musa said, adding, there were no fatalities on the part of the JTF operatives.
Mr. Abu Qaqa, the Boko Haram publicist, had boasted in an email message Thursday that the resolve by governors and traditional rulers in the north to fight the sect, “will come to nothing.” It was the first, direct, and public, response of the sect to the top structure of the northern elites.
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