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The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Friday imposed a 24-hour
curfew on the towns of Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State and conducted an
unprecedented house-to-house search for members of the Jama’atu Alus sunna
Lilda wati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, to be conducted.
A top security source who disclosed this to SaharaReporters
said that the operations became inevitable and has yielded positive results
about the hideouts of members of the sect, who have been shuttling between such
Northern cities as Maiduguri, Kano, Bauchi and Gombe.
The development is coming barely one week after the JTF
killed one and captured two top commanders who were attempting to enter Kano
from their Maiduguri enclave. “Abdul
Qaqa,” the group’s spokesman, is one of those reported to have been involved in
that incident. While it is not known
whether he was killed or captured, he has not been heard of since then.
A journalist in Damaturu confirmed that the Yobe State
search announcement by JTF was aired several times on the radio on Friday,
adding that today, he heard several gunshots in Damaturu and environs.
SaharaReporters has also learned that on the boundaries of
Kaduna and Kano State armed and plain clothes security personnel are continued
with their operations in search of Boko Haram members fleeing Kano into some
parts of Kaduna State. Immigration
checking, it was gathered, has also been strengthened on Kaduna, Kano and
Katsina routes.
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