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Deafening sound from seeming bomb explosions rocked Maiduguri, Borno State capital
yesterday barely five hours after President Goodluck Jonathan left the city but
the Joint Task Force (JTF) said the sounds emanated from heavy confrontation
with the Boko Haram sect, leading to the death of 20 members of the sect and
two soldiers.
JTF spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa at a briefing with
journalists at the task force headquarters in Maiduguri yesterday disclosed
that series of serious operations were conducted in the metropolis following
intelligence reports, adding that the caliber and quantity of arms recovered
from the scene of the one-hour gun battle with the Boko Haram sect on Friday
evening in the metropolis was “the most unprecedented arms recovery ever made”
by the JTF.
