Tag Archives: JTF
“A soldier was beheaded by terrorists who took cover in the community after the dastardly act. At another time soldiers were ambushed by the insurgents during which a soldier was killed and the terrorists were shielded by members of the community. –Brigadier General Austin Edokpaye, Commander of the MJTF. About five days after the military sacked Baga community...
Three days after gunmen attacked and killed seven members of a newly constituted vigilante group in Ngelzarma town in Yobe state, the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state said four suspects have been arrested in connection with the killings. A statement issued on Thursday, by the JTF spokesman in Yobe state, Eli Lazarus said the suspects were trailed and arrested...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation ‘RESTORE ORDER’ in Maiduguri says it has killed two men and arrested three others suspected to be responsible for three killings in the early hours of today in Jiddari –Pulo in the metropolis. One soldier was wounded. A statement by spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa said the JTF cordoned off the area once it...
Maiduguri – The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO), said on Friday that it had arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of five persons in Maiduguri. JTF spokesman Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, said this in a statement in Maiduguri. Musa explained that the suspects were arrested after a distress call was made by residents of the...
Perhaps the dreaded Boko Haram sect are, after all, ready to come out in the open – if fresh information emerging from the Joint Task Force (JTF) is anything to go by. According to information by the Vanguard, security operatives of the Joint Task Force have thwarted an attempt by the Boko Haram Islamic sect to hoist what they said would have been their national...
