JTF surprise Boko Haram, Kill over 40 in Bama Clash

NIGERIANS were spared a horrendous slaughter of residents of Bama and Konduga local councils of Borno State when the Nigerian Army 7 Division troops foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on the area, killing no fewer than 40 of the insurgents and injuring many others in a surprise assault on Sunday.

The troops, acting on information that the gunmen were planning an attack on Konduga and Bama local councils’ headquarters on the eve of Eid-el-Kabir celebration, engaged the sect at the fringes of Sambisa Forests and repelled the armed militants.

Also, soldiers drafted to maintain peace in the volatile Nasarawa State have reportedly seized 60 AK47 rifles and 100 machetes from the Ombatse militia group, which allegedly killed scores of police and SSS personnel in Alakyo in May this year.

Acting on a tip-off at the weekend that group had convened a meeting in Tudun Adabu, a settlement in Obi Local Council, the soldiers invaded and discovered the cache of arms with the group.

Military sources also told The Guardian that an unnamed top government functionary was also arrested at one of the numerous military check-points in the state with fire-arms in his vehicle.

Similarly, the police in Kaduna yesterday successfully repelled gunmen who invaded Makarfi Local Council during their manhunt for the armed men.

Some of the residents of Makarfi community in the council said that for the timely intervention of the police, who engaged the gunmen in a gun dwell, the insurgents would have over-run the town after they had attacked Keystone Bank Plc.

However, Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, has called on members of the public to assist the security agencies with useful and timely information to enable them secure lives and property in the state.