The Joint Task Force has said it killed 30 members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, in Yobe State.
Those killed, according to the JTF, included the commander of Boko Haram in Yobe State, simply identified as Bakaka.
According to a statement by the JTF, the Boko Haram members were killed in a gun duel.
The spokesman of the JTF in the state, Eli Lazarus, said the JTF team “on cordon and search operation in suspected Boko Haram hideout at Kandahar and the cemetery areas of Damaturu engaged in a gun battle with the suspected terrorists.
“In the battle, the notorious, one-eyed Bakaka, the field commander of Boko Haram in Damaturu and a close associate of Abubakar Shekau, was killed.
“Ten (10) others arrested during the battle are presently assisting investigators to track other senior members of the terrorist group.”
Arms and ammunition reportedly recovered from the Boko Haram members included six rifles and 90 rounds of ammunition.
Also recovered were several mobile phones, sim packs, knives, bows, arrows, diggers, knives and two tricycles.
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