JTF conducts House to House Search in Damaturu to fish Out Boko Haram

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the towns of Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State and conducted an unprecedented house-to-house search for members of the Jama’atu Alus sunna Lilda wati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, to be conducted.

A top security source who disclosed this said that the operations became inevitable and has yielded positive results about the hideouts of members of the sect, who have been shuttling between such Northern cities as Maiduguri, Kano, Bauchi and Gombe.

The development is coming barely one week after the JTF killed one and captured two top commanders who were attempting to enter Kano from their Maiduguri enclave.  “Abdul Qaqa,” the group’s spokesman, is one of those reported to have been involved in that incident.  While it is not known whether he was killed or captured, he has not been heard of since then. A journalist in Damaturu confirmed that the Yobe State search announcement by JTF was aired several times on the radio on Friday, adding that today, he heard several gunshots in Damaturu and environs.