•Lieutenant killed, 2 other soldiers injured in bomb blast
•10 killed, 100 buildings destroyed, as soldiers fight back
From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri
An early morning bomb explosion targeted at a patrol vehicle of the Joint Task Force (JTF) yesterday in Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram members killed a military officer while two other soldiers were seriously injured. No fewer than10 people were also said to have died in the sporadic gunshots and confusion that followed the blast.
The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) buried on the highway along the popular Lagos Street near the NUJ Press Centre went off at about 7.15am yesterday while a JTF patrol van drove past, killing a lieutenant in front of the vehicle and injuring two soldiers.
The soldiers were said to be in critical condition. Few minutes later, another bomb went off in a residential apartment facing the spot of the first blast. Military sources said a middle-aged man who was believed to be coupling the IED died immediately.
The JTF spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement, however, said two soldiers were injured. “It is feared that two soldiers sustained injury,” he claimed. Angered by the incessant killing of their men and officers including that of last week on the same Lagos Street, soldiers fired shots sporadically in the area particularly Gwange Ward adjacent to the scene of the blast. Over 100 houses, shopping malls and offices were set ablaze while thousands of residents in the area were displaced. Gwange is believed to be one of the flash points of the Boko Haram activities in the city.
Heavy shootings were witnessed in the city yesterday as most residents remained in door on the first day of the week. Many of the staff of the University of Maiduguri and its Teaching Hospital (UMTH) could not access their places of work as Lagos Street was impassable. Lagos Street was immediately cordoned off by the JTF and remained so at the time of filing this report yesterday evening. More soldiers were also deployed in the area. Sources in the JTF hinted that soldiers were angered because “they believed many residents were aiding the activities of the sect.
“We have issued several warnings to residents not to allow their residences and business centres to be used to launch attack against us or innocent citizens but they have refused to listen. They killed our officer same way they did last when they even had the effontery to burn the corpse of the officer,” a JTF personnel told Daily Sun on condition of anonymity.
As at the time of the visit yesterday evening, Gwange and Lagos Street looked like a community just ravaged by war as smoke billowed from many houses from the Lagos Street Bridge down to NUJ Junction. Many of the residents, mostly women and children as well as few elderly men were seen outside watching the places, which used to be their abode in ruins.
A woman, who could not hide her frustration claimed her father, a blind man, was shot by soldiers in the ensuing confusion which followed the explosion. “They killed my father and I don’t even know where my husband is now,” she lamented. Reacting after inspecting the area, the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha said the reaction that greeted the killing of the soldier was expected but appealed for caution. “What do you expect when you kill a soldier?
But then I wish to appeal to the Boko Haram members to lay down their arms because if they say they are fighting for the sake of Allah, people are suffering and if they say they are fighting for people, our people are still suffering. Just see what they have put people into now. It is really sad,” he added. He said government would assess the extent of loss by the people and see how they could be assisted.
Meanwhile, heavy security was beefed up around residences and construction site of Chinese in the city yesterday following the killing of one of their colleagues and his aide at Gubio, North of Borno. The cook of the Chinese was reportedly gunned down by suspected Boko Haram men on Saturday afternoon at Gubio while returning from the local market. Both the JTF and the police did not confirm the story despite several calls and SMSs to the spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa and the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Yuguda yesterday.
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Goodluck Jonathan knows our problem but he sercifice. Blood as obasanjo did.Badluck Jonathan can tell me that he doesn’t know the people behind all this, all I know that , before u make any amendment in government, u provid for people first, God will punish all those political hoodlums
Weldone the JTF, but they still need focus in other not to be killing the innocent souls. And another thing is that if one is harboring an evil man around hin/her such should definitely be expected of him.
JTF don’t spare anything. They have stirred the hornets nest. Deal harder now so that future proposers will drop the idea. Remember the experience of Odi and Zaki Biam. No community has ever tried to do what they did then again. A mad problem require a mad solution. May the soul of the gallant officer rest in peace. I wish the wounded quick recovery.
Is it nt obvious,dat d north wnts 2 ruin dis country? Dividd we stnd nd Unitd we fall…GOD save ur pple!
Th govt troops should device tactics to fish out boko haram and not killing innocent souls bcos one of its men is brought down.By saying if you kill our soldier what did you expect from us?its unpatriotic.You guys are there to safeguard the innocent public and not to shoot anyhow.
so what is your view on the people who assist BH to carry out their dastardly killings.These people provide cover for them there by making it so difficult for JTF to fish them out.Let them dance to the tune of the music they are playing
Mr pond boy wat is ur own contribution to d security of d pple?tha mean u dont even apreciate the effort of the jtf?u said they ar killing innocent souls ar they not innocent?may b u ar one them’bcos their own is blaming the jtf so the pple will start loosing hope on them,but no matter how u see it they will conquer you know tha for sure¿¿
Na Boko Haram go tire JTF continue the good work you are doing
Am in support cus boko haram is just making the country ungovernable ,they are not Muslim or fighting for Allah ,which Allah that till u to kill without thinking idiots you have divide nigeria but u can’t rule north when time comes
This killing is not unexpected as long as Borno pple keep on habouring these hoodlums because they are not spirit. At least somebody will see them when they were burying these explosives that refueses to talk at the appropriate time and show their hideout.Let me remind you that as long as you continue to be habinger of crises your case in Borno is liken to the case of a Hen that perches on the rope,which would have no peace as long as that rope will not have peace.The ealier you cooperate with the security agents to fish out these hoodlums the better.
Jegede James I support your submission,All the time Borno,Yobe.What a hell is that,we can’t sit down and talk on how to move this country forward for the benefits of younger generation and generation unborn.This evil men are not faceless animals but they live with the good pple out there and if they refuse to reveal to security agent(JTF)their hideouts,then they shld face what ever that is coming to meet then,Good or Bad Period.
Too bad.
Well,i believe as long as maiduguri people keep harbouring these despicable,heartless abokis,there will b no peace in d entre north,since northern governors supports boko haram,no peace 4 d wicked.Northern elites are brainless.2015 is 4 d south,dats d crux of d mata.
IBRAHIM AND BOND BOY OR WHAT U CALL UR SELF U DON’T THING AT ALL. DOES PEOPLE IN THAT STREET KNOW THE BOKO HARAM THAT PLANT THE BOMB. MAYBE U ARE ONE OF THEM THAT IS WHY U TALKING LIKE THAT.
may God almghty have mercy on nigerians and put an end to waisting of lives and property.
Well done JTF for retarliating promptly. What you people should note is that since you are only telling us from time to time that you have arrested so so numbers of boko haram without killing them they will continue to regroup to fight the innocent people and the army. If the JTF should have device a means of crushing them as soon as they are arrested many of them would have resigned by now and look for credible thing to do. The issue of taking them to court or prison is a long process, it even fortified them as their godfathers are always on duties to ensure their release.
Pls i dont support the shootings by the JTF at all. They are trying to deny people their fundamental human rights. Why not mount cctv cameras in those places or even increase security. I know that one officer was killed but that is not a justified reason why they should kill innocent citizens. Please JTF should watch it. UDO DIRI NIGERIA!!!
Is good 4them
They ruled d nation 4 forty years only targeting nd dividing d igbos as a bad pple but today jugment is teling itself dat d problem wit nig is d north nd d yorubas but tank god today none of those who hated d ibos is half as succesful as d ibos nd d oil in question dat is binding us together will exhaust in 40 years time as opined by world bank nd by then individual creativity nd wisdom of industry will be our source of export not crudeoil nd looting of publik treasury d future will tell who will later lead this country on merit not by tribal ratings
ADEWUYI. SHORT UP DIRTY MOUTH….. IBRAHIM IS RRIGHT.. DOES IT MEAN THAT NOI SINGLE PERSON SAW THOSE IDIOTS DIGGING OR TRYING TO PLANT THAT EXPLOSIVE? YOU PEOPLE ARE LUCKY. BABA OBJ WOULD HAVE TURNED THAT STREET INTO A CEMETARY.
My problem’s are these Innocent people that have to die for an idoit to live, why would JTF trying to get this idoit’s alive. As for me these people did not deserve taken to court. Since they have vowed to die let them die. I don’t care how they die, I believe at time goes on they will finally turn against their sponsor’s. God is not at-sleep. You are distroying your cities killing your people for power. By tomorrow you will not have anybody to Govern you.
Fortunatus i am with you my brother, Yes! execute the useless.
Kudos to d JTF, they are really trying their best but they should exercise more caution in order not to waste d lives of civilians. I’m sure by d grace of God Boko Haram will soon be history…..God bless Nigeria
LITTLE HAVE THEY EXPERIENCED. MORE WAR IS LOOMING AT THEIR DOOR STEPS
Kudos to JTF, claiming to be fighting for immortal Allah, by mere mortal man and agents of destruction its highly riduculous, they need to re-examine themselves, or perhap they should be subjected to physiological evaluation. what do you expect when you kill a soldier, since most of the residents were aiding the activities of the sect, they should all die a shameful dead.
The innocent citizens dere shld help d security by fetching out dis bokos else there wld b no peace 4 dem.
Men of the JTF ‘WELL DONE’, the case with borno residents is nothing bt, HARBOURING TERRORISTS, I pray they are able 2 c ‘THEY AR KILLING THIER REGION’….GOD BLESS NIGERIA!
Borno state deputy govrnor caution ur tongue in ds kind of situation,is unfortunate?
it is obvious that the war we face in Nigeria today is not spiritual, why fight for Allah? He can destroy the world in less than a second if he chooses to. what the Boko Haram are doing is just wickedness and nothing less. thank God for the JTF. God, help the victims.
There is nothing innocent in someone who is harbouring a suicide bomber, any accomplice is as guilty as charged. a bomb goes off by the street corner killing a JTF personnel and the next minute, another bomb goes off inside someone’s living room. they are all terrorists.
anything to congratulates the JTF for what they have done because majority of people that killed were innocent civilians. They should know how to arise situation like that so that innocent people should not die for sake of criminal boko haram.
More of that d ppl and their leaders will know how to expose this evil set of group call boko haram.
Bisminlahi-Arramani-Arrahim. It is a very sad and anguish to heard that the innocence are becoming the victims of the retaliation of the JTF over the unscruplous act done by unknown. It is clear that the JTF are miserably failing to handle the criminal activities in the nation. I wonder who are Boko haram? Any time any act of terrorism is conducted, it is attributed to so-called boko haram sect referring to some muslims or muslims in whole but, several attempt had been made and failed and those that attempted were arrested, you will find that they were christains I ask who are actually boko haram? You be the jodge. The only true way to end this insecurity problem is our learders and we the to come back to justice among ourself and keeping the Divine conmandments of God as our way of live. May Allah safe-guard us.
may God continue to strengthened the JTF. any community that aid the useless mallams called boko haram should now know that they will pay for it, it is not business as usual. Jonathan is working, JTF is working, enemies of Nigeria should be ready to die.
WHEN A MAN LACKS KNOWLEDGE HE WILL LOST FOCUS NIGERIA SOLDIERS HAD NO KNOWNLEDGE WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IS WHERE THEY CAN EXTORT MONEY FROM SORRY FOR U.
Sooner they divide dis country ‘NIGERIA’ the better 4 us.
In such situation which involved the death of a soldier in active service, such massive destruction can’t be ruled out.Innocent people must surely die especially if they continue to shield instead of exposing them to the JTF.
If anyone thinks that the Nigerian Army is going to lose men through clandestine bombings and go back sheepishly to their base, then they should have their heads examined. This is a war, where Boko Haram is supported by the locals whom they live with. This support is a life-line for a terrorist insurgency that relies on being able to melt into the crowd. The moment they stop supporting these mad people, the insurgency would stop and the Army will go back to their barracks.
The proplem with nigeria is that she is too embroid with criterials and proceses, the right theory will not follow the right practice, the right principle will not follow the right understanding, the right policy will not follow the right adherence every thing in nigeria seems to exist but in actual sense they fictions. Nigeria’s unity was a fiction, her legislature her executive, her judiciary even her government is proximity to a failed government. What ever government that exist or may exist is oil government. Nigeria is a nation were no future plans are laid for any unforseen, if not north would have been beefed up with galant securities or better still invite U.N security before now. If these had been done these innocent peoples’ life woudn’t have been wasted. But because we are not involved or been victimize we alter meaningless words, like the senate often said ‘ it is a pity, lets observe a minuit to the deceased persons. Yes because their children do not school here or have any means of involvment they will carryout any strict security measure- send security there 2:4:7…. Divide nigeria please UN the situation is unbearable in this bastard nation.
Jtf one gbosa 2 u.keep d good figths on. God almigth is watching he will not leave u,nor 4sack u.
Kodus to the JTF, more War is expected of from them, infact i thought the whole community will be bombarded
I love what d jtf guys did because i ve always said dt all the moslems are supporters and members of boko haram. Jtf should kill every body around the area of the scene, both women and children. That will teach them a good lesson. Do u knw how much federal government spend to train a leutenant?. Kill everybody there
Well done, JTF. That is the type action that the Nigerian Army is known for, and unless the JTF applies it consistently we’ll never win the war against Boko Haram.
JTF should be courageous enough to do the right thing at right time. But very careful about it, not to harm the innocents.
A child who said his mother won’t ve peace as well. Kudos 2 J. T. F. Wipe d all state if that will bring an end 2 that aimless group called boko haram. God bless naija
WHO CARES. LET THEM KILL THEMSELVES UP NORTH. I DONT CARE WHO IS KILLED SO LONG THEY DONT COME NEAR THE SOUTH-SOUTH, SOUTH-EAST AND SOUTH-WEST. I HAVE CONTINUED TO ADVICE ALL OTHER REGIONS RESIDING IN THE NORTH TO GO BACK HOME SO THAT THEY (BOKO HARAM) CAN KILL THEMSELVES. THEY CAN CONTINUE TO KILL THEMSELVES FOR ALL I CARE. HOPELESS MALUS.
Aduwuyi Samson is you that doesnt think at all.We all knows that JTF have been warning the populace to report to them any suspicious move by the members of boko haram and their hide out but people keep harbouring them and even give their houses for rent to boko haram.So i like wat JTF did to them becouse that will serve as a lesson to them
Adewuyi Samson is you that doesnt think at all.We all knows that JTF have been warning the populace to report to them any suspicious move by the members of boko haram and their hide out but people keep harbouring them and even give their houses for rent to boko haram.So i like wat JTF did to them becouse that will serve as a lesson to them
Hey, that was right. More shootingS soldiers make them learn the hard way. But next time try BOMBS that will teach faster.
weldon JTF. But for the inoncence ones may ther soul RIP.
what kind of country / part of the world is this?
what type of gorvenance are we into?
what type of govt are we running?
is this not the same 9ija of the good old days?
GOD will see us through……..AMEN.
Who knows it feels it.I wonder how somebody can stay hundreds of kilometers away from the point of the incidence and open his dirty mouth to express his delight because innocent souls were lost.God will surely expose the hidden plans.
The areas in the North that are used for breeding Boko Haram activities are yet to see the red eyes of the JTF. To me the BH are cowards. If they think they are men enough let them come out and face the JTF.It is unfortunate that innocent citizens are dying, Bornu people should prepare worst days until they stop supporting the hoodlums. Who are you to fight for God. Who will you rule after killing people you supposed to rule or protect. May God bless the JTF.
The areas in the North that are used for breeding Boko Haram activities are yet to see the red eyes of the JTF. To me the BH are cowards. If they think they are men enough let them come out and face the JTF.It is unfortunate that innocent citizens are dying, Bornu people should prepare for the worst days until they stop supporting the hoodlums. Who are you to fight for God? Who will you rule after killing people you supposed to rule or protect? May God bless the JTF.
What is the gain harboring a rattle snake and a viper in pretext of crusading one so-called religion whose god has no sympathy for mankind. All those innocent souls dying as a result of this demonic activities of the BH will be demanded upon them. Hell fire will be their lot if they refuse to repent and embrace Jesus Christ now.
Uyome, you always sound unreasonable. The pregnancy that brought you to this earth was masterminded by my dog and i paid your mother for letting my dog fuck her.
Islam is purely a violent religion from all my experiences of what the ideology is.
Jtf kudos to u guys and may the almighty god be ur sheild all the time and the families of the deased the fortitude to bear the lost.pikin wey no allowed em mama sleep him to no go sleep .whether fightng 4 allah , tribe or religion killing is sin.a life of a soldier worth that of a civilian too.so why bleming jtf.
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If nigeria cant be one let them split so dat all this killing will stop.
A child dat says his/her mother will not sleep, he/she too will not sleep. Weldon JTF.
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Mr. jegede you are right, the people of borno state need to cooperate with the security forces to achieve a goo result I believe that they see them and they know their hide out. but on the other note, they might be scared to report because Nigerian police are like terrorist group, you cant trust them, when you lay complain they will make you the subject of the matter to an extent that boko haram will know that you are the one that gave information.
police need to introduce a special phone numbers to contact them not to ask the complainant to appear in person to prove his complains
adewumi samson you are part of them,there is no how any new face can come to my community without me and every body knowing.the villagers know them selfe’s ,so d’nt tell me that they do nt know this boko h. members nd still habour them.what they prepared for is w
hat they got no mercy.
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Had it been God almighty created man, and knw as well that he himself will not be able to control there deeds with death, i so much believe that God couldn’t have created u and me as well.then why will some miscrant government element create a hazardous group in the name of political rivalism,I think the federal government knows those behind.from my own logic of view,i think the key sponsorer of boko haram in Nigeria is the former head of state,(IBB).
Ify,u must b stupid 2 advertiz ds ur pdt on ds page where der’s ds gory story of inocent lives bein wasted! Can’t u aford 2 go 2 TV or radio 4 ds ur ad?
Ds is wat I xpet frm d JTF,nt negotiation! Ds brainless amalgris caled bh ar figgtin jihad,so negotiation/ peace is nt in der agenda. Ify,u must b stupid 2 advertiz ds ur pdt on ds page where der’s ds gory story of inocent lives bein wasted! Can’t u aford 2 go 2 TV or radio 4 ds ur ad?
The power you seek which you dont yet have which made you to kill the people, if given to you, what will you do with it? Doubtlessly you will kill them the more, enslave them, and the govt will be a selfish one. It shows your motive is selfish interest and that you will not rule in the interest of the people. If even your creator did not rule you this way will He not judge you for this things?
Shamless people,u have been up press by bh u are now killing innocent civilian they too wil soon join bh to protect themselves stupit igbo killing our pp with the name of security.
”When anoda man’s corpse is being carried, a spectator thinks dat it is a bunch of fire-wood.” Military, and their suporters, u see it now? Few days ago, 4 UNIPORT students were killed. Do not take law into ur hands was d students that intended showing their grievancies by protest just like Army got. Now, can sombody tell Nigerians wot d Army has achievd by killing inocent souls in addition 2 their Oga’s? Has their Oga waken up? Since d issue of BH, howmany of them have we ever heard dat was strictly prosecuted or even executed by law? None-sense people. Go on and continue killing Inocent souls. …….Rubish!
May the soul of the LT rest in peace+i salute you’ dont worry your men wil fight it out{}