Joint Task Force, JTF, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on
Wednesday said it killed a Boko Haram Commander for the North-East and
North-West of Maiduguri and his lieutenants, who allegedly killed
General Mamman Shuwa three weeks ago.
The name of the Commander was given as Ibn Saleh Ibrahim.In a statement by JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, he said troops
from the JTF, 333 Air Defence Regiment, the Department of State
Security, SSS, with the support of a helicopter, conducted major
offensive operations against some suspected terrorists in Nganaram,
Bulabulin and Bayan Quarters in Maiduguri metropolis.
Sagir said the operation was still ongoing, but pointed out that the
late Ibn Saleh was confirmed to be responsible for the recent killing of
the Nigerian Civil War hero, Gen. Mamman Shuwa through the orders of
the sect’s leader Abubakar Shekau.
