Gbomo said the attack is the first in a series aimed at grounding the country’s oil production
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Rufai stressed that the police was rebuilding confidence among the communities to volunteer information to security operatives
Represented by his Deputy, John Jonah, Dickson stressed the JTF need to support people living in the oil bearing communities to enable government to get revenue to finance developmental projects
The statement added that intelligence reports had indicated that the terrorists were in the process of finalising plans to carry out simultaneous suicide attacks in Abuja and Kano
The information was contained in a statement issued by Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Dole, the new spokesman of the division on Friday
Amnesty International said it has received credible information from a senior officer in the Nigerian Army that over 950 people died in military custody in the first six months of 2013 alone
The statement also said that a church and two houses were razed down by the attackers
Mallam Momodu Bukar, a suspected militant, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that he fled the camp at the forest on Thursday when it became obvious that he was going to be eaten
It will be recalled that Momodu Bama is one of the most wanted persons in the Boko Haram high command, with a bounty of N25 million placed on him
He confirmed that the accident occurred on Friday when the barge ran
aground some nine nautical miles on the shallow waters of St. Nicholas
River
It was learnt that one of the explosions, believed to have been carried out by Islamic sect, Boko Haram, occurred at a drinking joint in Sabon Gari, where most of the non-indigenes reside
During the operations that led to freedom for the women and children, the JTF said it uncovered mass graves, tunnels and bunkers and several decomposing bodies
The people of Baga, a border town in the restive Borno State, had unfortunately paid for the sins of militants, when their town was razed after an alleged reprisal attacks by soldiers of the Joint Task Force, whose colleagues were merciless killed by Boko Haram terrorists during a military patrol in April 2013
He claimed that some of the vessels and badges were laden with stolen crude oil and Automotive Gas Oil when they were apprehended
The Medical Officer of the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, Salem Umar, confirmed that 11 corpses were brought to the hospital and gave the breakdown as seven students of the GSS Damaturu, two teachers of the school and two suspected Boko Haram members
The man, a trader at the Monday International Market in the metropolis, according to eyewitnesses, said that the son had once threatened to kill him before he fled home to an unknown destination and later returned home a few days ago as security operatives continued to clamp down on the sect
The others included four pistol silencers, 1,836 hand grenades caps, four explosive fuses and two explosive devices
Abba said among the weapons discovered during the operation on Tuesday were 17 AK 47 rifles, 44 magazines, four land mines and 12 RPG bombs, 14 RPG charger, 11 66 mm anti-tanks weapons, one SMG magazine, one pistol and magazine
The statement, issued by the JTF spokesman, Lieutenant Eli Lazarus, advised hawkers to use “designated markets and other approved places for trading activities
Also, about 20 members of Boko Haram were apprehended as they fled