Boko haram Again- 24 civilian JTF killed in an Ambush by the insurgents

No fewer than 24 youth volunteers
popularly known as Civilian JTF were
killed yesterday when Boko Haram
insurgents ambushed the vigilance group
in Monguno, northern Borno. Sources
also said many of the volunteers are still
missing.
A police source hinted that the tragic
incident occurred following a counter
insurgency mission embarked upon by
the Civilian JTF in Boko Haram camps
around Kaleri, Shuwari, Maganari and
Nannari villages in the Monguno Local
Government Area. But the mission took a
sad turn when the insurgents in a
military vehicle ambushed the youths.
“The vigilante youths numbering over
100 were on a mission to smoke out
some Boko Haram men but they were
ambushed by the insurgents. About 24
people may have died while about 36
were still missing.
“There was an initial arrangement with
military troops that they will accompany
the vigilante youths to the Boko Haram
camps but the youths had to leave after
endless waiting. Because the military did
not surface, they moved to Monguno in
a convoy of about five vehicles but the
armed Boko Haram who disguised in
army camouflage and a captured military
patrol confused the vigilante youths to
think they were military troops. They
just opened fire on the young men while
many others fled,” one of the volunteers
who could not make the trip to Monguno
disclosed in Maiduguri.
Spokesman of the defunct Joint Task
Force (JTF), Lt Col Sagir Musa and the
Police Public Relations (PPRO), Jibril
Gideon could not be reached as at press
time.
Read more: Sun Newspapers

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