Borno: Three Terrorists Killed, One Arrested

Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, a vigilante group joining forces with the military in the northeast have killed three Boko Haram terrorists.

The terrorists were killed, while one was arrested after they attacked farmers and looted their produce in their farm along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road in Borno State.

A CJTF team led by one Saminu Audu at Lamboa, intercepted the terrorists between Minok- Janaka along the Damaturu–Maiduguri road.

It was gathered that the terrorists attacked the farmers on Thursday at about 3.30 pm when two brothers were harvesting their farm produce near Daiwa on the way to Damboa.

A source that spoke with PRNigeria said, “The terrorists shot the farmers, killing two while injuring one person.

“However, a team led by one Saminu Audu, Commander of Intelligence of the CJTF, intercepted some of the terrorists at Lamboa, between Minok- Janaka along the Damaturu–Maiduguri road.

“After a fierce confrontation, three of the terrorists were killed while one was captured alive.

“The terrorists are remnants of Boko Haram terrorists of the Abubakar Shekau faction that refused to pay allegiance to ISWAP. They depend on robbery and kidnapping of commuters for survival.”

In a related development, bandit terrorists kidnapping and killings innocent Nigerians on the Abuja-Kaduna highway have been killed by Special Forces of the Nigerian Army.

It was learnt that scores of the bandit terrorists were killed during a raid on their hideouts in Kaduna forests in the North West state.

The leader of the terrorist group was also neutralized during a fierce battle with the Special Forces and brings an end to the criminals’ nefarious activities along the expressway.