A fresh onslaught by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Boko Haram has led to the killing of 50 members of the terror group in Maiduguri, Borno State. The death occurred during the weekend after the JTF clashed with armed terrorists in Zabarmari ward of Maiduguri metropolis, the state capital. Besides, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III and other Islamic scholars under the aegis of the Jamaát Nasril Islam (JNI) Sunday asked Nigerians to join hands in promoting peaceful co-existence. JTF sources said at the weekend that Zabarmari ward was one of the identified havens of the insurgents. In a separate incident on Saturday evening, three Boko Haram suspects were also arrested by members of Vigilance Youths Group, a.k.a. 'Civilian JTF' at the Borno Express Motor Park while travelling to Jigawa State to launch attacks. A top military officer in the JTF said that the terror suspects were killed before they could launch attacks in Zabarmari ward of Jere Local Council of Maiduguri. "We received an intelligence report that a high number of Boko Haram terrorists had regrouped and were residing and hiding in this ward. We mobilised our troops to the area, and on reaching the place, the suspects upon noticing our presence, began to chant 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Great) and started shooting sporadically at the JTF troops. We, therefore, had no option than to repel the attackers; we succeeded in shooting dead 10 terrorists," he said. According to him, they decided not to take away any of their corpses, then mobilised their men to the area the following day. They found out that hundreds of the terrorists were at one of the graveyards burying their dead ones, and when they approached, some of them started shooting which led to the exchange of gunfire for half an hour, that led to the killing of 40 of them. A source said Civilian JTF was able to arrest three Boko Haram suspects at the Borno Express Motor Park.
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