An imposing 12.7mm HMG-armed Otokar Cobra APC on urban CT-COIN operations in Bauchi, NE Nigeria
PM NEWS
Published on July 31, 2012
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on OperationRestore Order (ORO) on Tuesday said it intercepted rocket launchers, rocket bombs and AK 47 rifles being transported by suspected terrorists to Nigeria’s traumatised city of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. It also said it killed two suspected terrorists in Monguno Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, who accompanied the arms.
The JTF Spokesman, Lt.-Col.Sagir Musa, stated this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri today and added that the two men died in a shootout with the JTF men.. “The arms included eight rocket
launchers, 10 rocket bombs, 10 rocket chargers, two AK 47 rifles and 13 magazines.” He said that the arms were concealed in a blue Toyota Hilux vehicle heading towards Maiduguri.
“The JTF in conjunction with the Department of State Service, the Multinational Joint Task Force intercepted large consignment of arms and ammunition. “The consignment was intercepted at Daban Masara in Monguno Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno based on intelligence report.
“The large consignment of arms was being moved from Baga Masara heading towards Maiduguri in a blue hilux vehicle. “The JTF wishes to appeal to members of the public to provide useful information to security agencies in order to stop the isolated killings in the state.”
Maiduguri has been the major centre of the violence by the Boko Haram sects and hundreds of people have been killed since 2009 when the insurgency began.
Bravo guys…Keep the good work up
Good job guys, may your efforts never go in vain. Amin
Nice one, people. End ‘em baggers.
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NIGERIA ISLAMISTS KILLED AT CHAD BORDER
01/08
KANO, Nigeria (AFP)
Nigeria’s military said Wednesday that
two suspected Boko Haram Islamists who were trying to smuggle heavy weapons into the country were killed by troops during a shootout on the border with Chad.
The alleged insurgents were caught carrying rocket-propelled grenades,Kalashnikov rifles as well as other assorted ammunition and weaponry,Sagir Musa, a military spokesman in the northeastern town of Maiduguri told AFP.
Maiduguri, considered Boko Haram’s base, has seen some of the worst violence blamed on the radical Islamist group, which is charged with killing more than 1,000 people in Nigeria since mid-2009.
“The interception was carried out around 2100 on Monday at the Daban Masara border,” Musa said, referring to the crossing just north of Maiduguri. “Two suspected Boko Haram members
escorting the consignment were killed in an exchange of gunfire while the third fled,” he added, claiming “the weapons were heading to Maiduguri for terrorist attacks.”
The crossing on Lake Chad is also close to the borders with Niger and Cameroon. The troops who killed the suspected insurgents were part of a four-country multi-national force set up several years ago partly to stem the flow of illegal weapons through the porous border regions, Musa said.
Some security analysts say that Boko
Haram regularly purchases weapons from markets in Chad and Niger.There is also speculation that the radical
Nigerian group has benefitted from the
weaponry that poured out of Libya during the conflict that toppled ex-dictatorMoamer Kadhafi last year.
Three of Boko Haram’s presumed top
leaders were last month designated
global terrorists by the United States.
There is no deterence like seeing one of your comrades dead hopefullly the one who escaped will begin to realise the error of his ways.