Barely two days after the Joint Task Force {JTF} recovered high profile arms and ammunitions in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, 20 Boko Haram suspects have been killed.
They were killed during a shoot out between the members of the sect and JTF on Saturday night in Maiduguri Metropolis.
The Field Operations officer of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State Colonel Victor Ebhaleme who confirmed the incident, today in Maiduguri, also disclosed that a soldier was killed, while two others sustained various degree of injuries as a result of gunshots during the fight.
"We got intelligence report that some suspected Boko Haram terrorists were having a meeting at a particular location in the metropolis. When we approached the venue of their meeting, the terrorists immediately opened fire on the JTF which led to the killing of 20 of the sect members while we lost one soldier and two others sustained injury." Ebhaleme said
As reported by Leadership newspaper
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