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Hell was recently let lose in the camp of Boko Haram at Tudun Wada Local Government Area, Kano, Wednesday when the JTF and the Islamist sect engaged in a gun battle leaving nine of its members and killed and two others arrested.
It was exclusively gathered that the group invaded the armoury of Tudun Wada Police station with three vehicles at about 2 a.m., bombed the station and made away with some arms and ammunition.
According to the Brigade Commander of 3 Brigade (Bukavu Barracks), Brigadier-General Illyasu Abbah who briefed newsmen on the incident, no life was lost on their side, except nine Boko Haram that were wasted by the security operatives in a gun battle that lasted for hours.
His words: “They did not succeed in breaking into the vault containing about N2 million.
“Within the hours of 2 and 7 a.m. on Wednesday, hoodlums went to Tudun Wada which is about 100 kilometers from Kano. They used explosives to blow up the police station in the area.
“They destroyed the DPO’s house, went to the police station and did the same. They also used explosives to blow up Unity Bank adjacent the police station,” the Army Chief told journalists, adding that the Islamic militants carted away rifles from the bombed police station.
“On getting the information, at about 1:30 a.m. security operatives mobilised, blocked Falgore, Jos and Kano axis because definitely, they came from Kano to operate and move back.”
Abbah further disclosed thus: “Only God knows what these weapons would be used for if they had succeeded in carting them away. This hoodlums lack arms and they have been in desperate mood to get these items. That is why their best place of attack are police stations.”
600 rounds of 5.6 mm bullets, 176 cartridges of Pump Action gun, 147 rounds of 9mm bullets, two AK 47 rifles, three pistols, two assorted rifles, two smoke guns, 21 magazines, two dane guns, one Pump Action gun, six containers of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), 70 Canisters of Tear Gas, one Lap Top, police uniforms and helmets were items recovered from Boko Haram after the clash.
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