The Joint Task Force in Borno State has confirmed the killing of a suspected top commander of the Boko Haram terrorists group in Maiduguri, the state capital.
Spokesman of the JTF, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, said the Boko Haram commander, Abdulkareem Ibrahim, was killed in an operation on the Damboa-Biu Road.
Musa said: “The JTF with members of the Department of State Security Service and the Police Dog Section, in a combined operations on Sunday, launched a special raid operation on Damboa-Biu Road.
“The operation was to capture one of the major terrorist Commander, Abdulkareem Ibrahim, top on our wanted list.
“During the operations and in the ensuring fire fight, Ibrahim and two of his sub commanders were killed and an AK47 rifle with other arms and ammunition were recovered.
“He is one of the top commanders recently declared in the bounty list released by the JTF to members of the public.
“The JTF will continue to appreciate all information that will lead to more arrest of the sect commanders declared in the bounty as well as other information that will help the security agents.”