No fewer than 13 people were at the weekend killed in the latest
confrontation between the security forces and members of the Boko Haram
sect.
The scenes of confrontation were Kano, the capital of Kano State,
where 186 people were killed when the sect struck, penultimate Friday,
and Maiduguri, Borno State capital.
At the end of the fresh Kano clash, on Friday, one police officer lay dead.
11 Boko Haram operatives were killed in the Maiduguri incident, yesterday.
Earlier yesterday, the sect operatives were credited with the killing
of the youth leader of Borno State chapter of the ruling All Nigeria
Peoples Party (ANPP) in the state capital.
The Boko Haram/security forces confrontation took place just as a
section of Igbo leaders rose from a meeting in Enugu asking their
kinsmen resident in the north to relocate their wives and children back
to the south-east.
The Kano incident occurred at Mandawari Police Division located about 900 meters to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
The Kano incident occurred at Mandawari Police Division located about 900 meters to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
In the ensuing exchange of fire from policemen, Idris, who spoke to
journalists, yesterday, stated that one of his officers was killed. The gunmen escaped.
The police commissioner revealed that the police recovered from the
scene of the clash one AK 47 rifle and AND 3 magazine abandoned by the
invaders.
He stated that the scene was littered with blood, an indication that the attackers escaped with bullet wounds.
The late evening shootout triggered pandemonium in the densely populated area of Kano metropolis as sporadic gunshots rented the air following the arrival of the military.
The late evening shootout triggered pandemonium in the densely populated area of Kano metropolis as sporadic gunshots rented the air following the arrival of the military.
11 suspected Boko Haram members were, in the yesterday incident,
killed after soldiers from the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) clashed
with them in two wards of Maiduguri.
One member of the sect was arrested during the clash which reportedly lasted 15 minutes.
The arrested member, with injuries, according to security sources,
was taken to the University of Maidiguri Teaching Hospital for
treatment.
Before the clash, three gunmen suspected to belong to the Boko Haram
sect, attacked the Borno ANPP youth leader, Alhaji Atake, 32, near
Mai-Deribe mosque in Bulunkutu ward of Maiduguri.
The gunmen shot him in the head and arm, killing him instantly. Read More
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