JTF kills three Boko Haram members in Maiduguri

The Joint Task Force said on Sunday that it had killed three members of the terror group, Boko Haram, in a gun duel with soldiers in Maiduguri.
Although the total number of casualties was unknown as at the time of filing this report, the JTF  claimed to have killed three members of the sect.
Narrating details of the shootout to THEWILL, JTF Spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, said the sect attacked a location of the task force along Abaganaram and railway quarters between 5.30pm and 7.15pm.
Musa said, “We repelled the attack and three Boko Haram members were killed in the process. We recovered an AK 47 rifle and 200 rounds of 6.722 mm special ammunition.
“The situation is under control but we are still actively pursuing those who escaped. The press will have more information as developments unfold.”
THEWILL confirmed that the Islamist terrorists also besieged the Lamisula Police Station, engaging the Police in a gun battle for about an hour, in addition to launching rockets and hand-held bombs to destroy parts of the station.
The deafening sound of  bomb blasts forced residents of the city to run for cover, even as many people who were held up outside their homes were made to sleep on the roads, as JTF men enforced a 7pm to 6am curfew.
Abba Modu, a resident who was forced to pass the night on the road, said the JTF refused to consider pleas to let them drive home after the attack.
“They told us that a law is a law,” he lamented. “Initially, we were made to lie flat on the floor and we were subjected to rigorous checks. I had no choice but to call my family to let them know that I would be sleeping on the road.”
In addition to corpses deposited at the morgue, eyewitnesses said injured policemen and civilians were rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.