Borno: Civilian JTF arrests 19 Boko Haram suspects in Konduga

In less than 48 hours after killing of a
member of civilian JTF by a policeman in
Maiduguri, Borno State, the youth group
has arrested 19 suspected members of the
Boko Haram sect in five villages of Konduga
Local Government area of the state.
A member of the youth vigilante, Ibrahim
Yakub told DailyPost on Tuesday that the
arrest of the suspects, were carried out
within three-days of manhunt of fleeing
Boko Haram sect members in Konduga
town and neighbouring villages of the
council area at the weekend.
Konduga, a town which is about 40
kilometres East of Maiduguri, recorded the
death of 55 people in August, including
eight policemen, soldiers and worshipers
killed by the insurgents.
Also speaking in Maiduguri on the arrests,
one of the youths, Abubakar Goni Adam
said that the 19 terror suspects were
pursued to the villages of Konduga and
communities bordering the Sambisa Games
Reserves Forest.
“The fleeing Boko Haram sect members had
been hiding in the forests, but with the
destruction of their training camps and
hideouts by Special Operational Forces of
Nigerian Army in June, the sect members
fled to towns and villages bordering the
forests.
“Our members had to intervene
and act in tracking down these
people that attack and kill innocent people
in affected areas of the state.
“With the assistance of soldiers and the
police, we are able to arrest 19 suspects
along with some rifles and ammunitions in
Konduga and other communities bordering
the forests at the weekend”.
DailyPost also learnt that the arrested
suspects were tied with their hands at the
back, before transporting them to
Maiduguri where they were handed them to
soldiers of 7 Division of Nigerian Army at
the NEPA office on Monday.
Borno State police commissioner, Lawal
Tanko also confirmed the arrests of the
terror suspects by the vigilante youths in
Konduga council area of the state.
He said some rifles and ammunitions were
also recovered by the youths from the
fleeing Boko Haram sect members.
Tanko said: “our attention now has
concentrated on the patrol of these towns
and villages on market days; as the gunmen
take advantage of market days to launch
attacks on innocent people”.