JTF Arrests Boko Haram Kingpins, Demolishes Bomb Factories

The military-led Joint Task Force, JTF, in Kano State yesterday arrested seven kingpins of the suspected Boko Haram militants in separate raids in Farawa and Sheka, in the state capital.
Assorted dangerous weapons were also intercepted during the raid, according to spokesman for the JTF, Captain Ikedichi Iweha, who said no lives were lost in the operations.
Items recovered in the suspected hideouts of the suspects included AK 47 rifles, 46 explosives of different makes as well as bomb making materials.

A building suspected to be a bomb factory in which weapons of mass of destruction were uncovered, was also destroyed after four women believed to be the wives of some of the suspects were rescued to safety.

A number of communication gadgets, including 32 Motorola phone communicator and 52 phone batteries, wires for priming suicide vehicles and a number of laptops were said to have been seized by the JTF operatives.
Commenting on yesterday’s operation, Captain Iweha said two bomb factories were demolished after the explosives found in them were evacuated, pointing out that the raids were part of JTF’s routine assignment to free Kano from the grip of terrorists.
According to him, the JTF would continue to intensify their raids as part of the measures to track down suspected Boko Haram members who have been terrorising innocent citizens of Kano State.
He recalled the success of the house-to-house search initiated by the security team, which he said is suffocating the terrorists, adding that the war against terrorists in the state is been won by men of the JTF.
Security in Kano is known to have doubled, following the attacks in Baga, Borno State, in which lives were lost and houses destroyed. source by karinagk.blogspot.com