Adamu however cautioned those she described as mischiefmakers who are trying to cash in on the death of the soldiers to create disunity amongst Nigeria
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In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said while even the loss of one life is too much to bear, the government and people of the states should take solace in the fact that the attacks will not endure because of the stepped up campaign by the nation’s gallant soldiers
The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the incident, said three vigilante members that were with Yakubu lost their lives in the encounter.
Abubakar, who did not give details, however, said policemen investigating the incident had so far recovered the vice chairman’s shoes
Boko Haram, whose six-year campaign to establish an Islamic emirate in northeast Nigeria has spread into neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger, have started using landmines and roadside bombs as the armies of the four nations step up the fight to contain them
He said this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after briefing President Goodluck Jonathan on the security situation in the state following the attack over the weekend by the Boko Haram sect in the state