JTF smashes Boko Haram group, recovers vehicles and arms – Spokesman

The Joint Task Force in Yobe State said on Saturday that it had
smashed a Boko Haram group in Fune, recovering two vehicles, arms,
ammunitions and other materials.
Lieutenant Lazarus Eli, JTF’s spokesman, said this in Damaturu, the
state capital, while displaying the items to newsmen.
Eli explained that the terrorists attacked a JTF checkpoint in Fune on
Friday and took away a police vehicle conveying police items to Borno
State.
Eli said: “The JTF pursued and engaged them in a gunfight and they
were overpowered, thereby recovering the stolen vehicle as well as a
similar one used by the group.
“Other items recovered include one Ak47 rifle, three Rocket Propelled
Gun (RPG) bombs, three RPG chargers, one riot gun and 485 rounds of
ammunition.”
Eli also said 42 police jackets, 44 police helmets, six AK47 rifle
magazines, 80 fragmentation blades and illicit drugs were recovered.
He said some of the suspects fled with gunshots and appealed to the
public to report anyone found with gun wounds to security operatives.
Meanwhile, the people of the state have appealed to the federal
authorities to lift the suspension of telephone services, to enable
them to provide security operatives with useful and timely
information.
Damaturu residents claimed that the attack on a college two weeks ago
would have been averted, if there was telephone service.
A source stated: “People noticed suspicious movements on that fateful
day just about the commencement of the curfew, but one could not move
out.
“Also, there was no telephone network for us to report to the security.”