Soldiers kill 14 Boko Haram suspects in Kano, arrest others

A TOTAL of 14 suspected members of Boko Haram sect were killed at Layin ‘Yan Awaki, Unguwa Uku, in the Kano metropolis by the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) Sunday. It arrested other suspects.

In the early hours of Sunday, military men who were doing their normal cordon-and-search at Unguwa Uku were shot at by gunmen. The soldiers retaliated immediately, which led to the killing of the 14 suspects and arrest of others.

The JTF spokesperson, Captain Ikedichi Iweha who disclosed this to reporters, noted that a Golf car loaded with bombs was also intercepted. Some of the items recovered were 14 AK 47, many improvised explosive devices and locally-fabricated anti-machine guns.

Two houses believed to be the hide-outs of the group were razed down by the JTF men. The Commandant of the 3rd Mechanised Brigade, Bukavu, Brig.-Gen. Iliasu Abba, visited the scene of the fight where the two houses were razed down.

Members of the public were urged again to always support the authorities with useful information.