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The members of the Civilian JTF have captured 17 members of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State.
The Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Wednesday that the 17
insurgents were among several others apprehended by members of the
Civilian JTF.
He said the insurgents who were
apprehended along Njaba Road, South of Damboa, by a Civilian JTF patrol
team, led by Sarkin Yaki Gwoza, confessed that they were compelled
against their will to join the deadly group.
Usman said that further screening
carried out by the military, however, revealed that 17 of them were
hardened members of the Boko Haram who were trying to infiltrate the
society.
Usman also said that the insurgents had
attacked Kutuva village. He said they killed four persons and abducted
four women prior to the arrest of the 17.
He said that members of the vigilante
group mobilised and moved against the terrorists, who attacked the
village on six motorcycles and destroyed their camp.
Usman said that the vigilante had not
been able to trace the attackers or the abducted women but were able to
rescue an 11-year-old girl, who was abducted by the Boko Haram from
Barth village.
According to him, the vigilantes also
“recovered all hoisted Boko Haram terrorists’ flags, three Fabrique
Nationale rifle magazines, two AK-45 rifle magazines and 24 rounds of
7.62mm (NATO) ammunition.”
The acting army spokesman added that a
combined patrol team of 7 Division Garrison, 101 Special Forces
Battalion and three Civilian JTF, intercepted and recovered a golf car
which was suspected to have been carrying logistics for the insurgents,
along Kayamla General, on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Acting Federal
Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally
Displaced Persons, Mrs. Margaret Essien, has said that the Federal
Government will support every effort targeted at re-integrating
Internally Displaced Persons.
Essien, who made this known in Abuja
during an event to commemorate the World Refugee Day, said that
government would ensure that IDPs engaged in meaningful skills
acquisition programmes.
According to her, promoting peace,
stability and human rights around the world is very crucial at this time
so that the displaced population can someday, return to their homes in
safety and dignity.
She restated the government’s commitment
to seeking durable solution to the plight of refugees and IDPs and also
urged Nigerians to show love to them.
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