JTF Kill Boko Haram Second In Command; Arrest Women With Weapons

 

A key member of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, Momogu Bama, has been killed by the Joint Task Force in Borno State. He was killed along with his father, Alhaji Abatcha Flatari, who was described as one of the spiritual leaders of the sect in an operation between the sect members and the JTF operatives in Bama.
Momogu, the second-in-command to the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, had a  N25m  bounty put on his head by security agencies for information that could lead to his arrest. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.- Gen Chris Olukolade, who confirmed his killing via electronic mail, described him as a vicious Boko Haram leader who took delight in personally slaughtering  the sect’s victims. He added that Momogu  was the expert  in charge of  mounting  anti-aircraft weapons for  the sect and coordinating  members  in Yobe and Adamawa  states.
Olukolade said on Wednesday that Momogu was identified by insurgents arrested during one of the recent encounters between the JTF  and the insurgents in Bama. He said, “As troops intensify pursuit of terrorists who have been unleashing mayhem in Borno and Yobe communities, the death of Momogu  Bama, said to be the Second-in-Command to  Shekau  has been confirmed by other arrested terrorists.
In another related incident, eight women have been arrested in Maiduguri by the JTF operatives for using their veils to conceal guns for insurgents. A JTF source, who made this known, did not say exactly when the women were arrested and the number of guns seized from them. He stated that the operatives were stunned when they stopped the women and found out that what they were “transporting” with their veils were guns. He said,
“The troops could not believe what they saw. A soldier just suspected the women and decided to stop them but when they were asked to unwrap what they were transporting, they hesitated, thereby making some of the soldiers to forcefully remove the veils. They saw a number of guns neatly concealed with the veils and the women were promptly arrested.”
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