JTF Kills Top Militant Leader, Arrest Two in Kano in Strategic Raid

Joint Military Task force raided the hideout of an Islamist insurgent group at Hotoro general area of Kano municipality, Monday, killing one of the leaders of the group, while two others were arrested.

Sources revealed that the daylight operation involving several infantry and counter terrorism officers was swift and ended within half an hour. Vanguard could not ascertain the identity of the said "top commander" killed during the operation as at time of filing this report.

The Monday morning raid came on the heels of an attack by yet-to-be identified gunmen at Hotoro area where a member of the National Security and Civil Defense Corps and his entire family were wiped out.

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The JTF are really keeping up with this guys, This is good news for Nigeria as a whole.

The JTF in a statement said, “Following further operation in the suspects heavily wired IED hideout, the following items were recovered: Two AK 47 rifles, Two Pump Action Rifles, One Berretta Rifle, One Smoke Discharger, 433 rounds of 7.62 Nato ammunition, 80 rounds of 7.62 special ammunition, 2 AK 47 magazines, 36 Prepared IEDs, 13 Laptops, Two motorcycles, Four Printers, One photocopier, One 33 slots Zenith Disc writer, One TG 3900Ez Generator set, Religious Books, large quantity of CD plates, Two decoders, Two Satellite dish, One 21'' Television set, One DVD player, 2 Bags of Urea fertilizer, One Elite dry cell 12v battery, One blue gate UPS, One stabilizer, 10 Hand held Motorola radios and 5 Battery chargers.”

The JTF appealed to the general public to continue to volunteer information while assuring the utmost confidentiality in dealing with such information.