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It was another raid has men of the Joint Task Force embarked on a thorough search for members of the Boko Haram today in Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno as four suspected Boko Haram after a gun battle.
The attack by JTF came up as a result of incessant killings by men of the dreaded Islamic militants in Maiduguri, including the killing of a prison official and a retired police inspector.
“Daily Post” gathered that several military patrols stop in Maiduguri neighbourhoods and carry out house to house searches.
Boko Haram has been unrelenting in its low level violent campaign against President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, which has continued since a brief flirtation with peace talks collapsed at the beginning of last week.
Months of gun and bomb attacks blamed on the sect have killed hundreds since it launched its uprising more than two years ago to try to carve out an Islamic state in Nigeria.
On Saturday, gunfire erupted in Maiduguri and in the north’s biggest city of Kano, to the west, as militants battled with security forces.
The Islamists attacked two police stations with explosives on Saturday, spokesman for the JTF, Sagir Musa, said, although they were repelled and three were killed.
Musa said on Wednesday that two militants, including a commander, were killed during an attempt to arrest them the day before as part of the crackdown.
“Following a tip-off, a special operation was conducted that resulted in the arrest of a commander of Boko Haram who was involved in recent attacks in Maiduguri,” he said, adding that he was arrested with his lieutenant in Jajeri area of the city.