Heavy
fighting may be ongoing between the JTF and Boko Haram.
Reports from
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, indicate that multiple explosions and
gunshots are occurring around Lagos street and Gwange area of the Maiduguri
metropolis.
A resident
of the area informed PREMIUM TIMES that an Improvised Explosive Device, IED,
may have been planted in the area targeting a Joint Task Force, JTF, patrol
team and probably exploded. He said the gunshots that followed could be from
the members of the JTF.
People are
at present running away from the area which witnessed heavy fighting last week
between officers of the JTF and insurgents of the Boko Haram sect which led to
the near-total evacuation of residents from the once heavily populated area.
Efforts to
reach the spokesperson of the JTF, Sagir Musa, were unsuccessful.
More details
as they unfold.
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