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| Army raids Boko Haram hideout in Sokoto |
| 2013-08-11 |
| [TRIBUNE.NG] As part of its ongoing efforts to curb the migration of the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect members who are on the run from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states where a state of emergency had been declared for the past few months, the Nigerian Army, yesterday, raided the Boko Haram shelter at Gidan-Igwai area of Sokoto. "The operation was conducted as part of the ongoing efforts to rid Sokoto State of the fleeing gunnies from the volatile states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa," the spokesperson of the 1 Brigade, Captain Yahaya Musa explained. The operation, the authorities maintained, was staged following a hint given by the local residents, with Capt. Musa adding that the raid was "part of the routine operations of the Army to cleanse Nigeria of insurgency and other criminal activities." "Sokoto is peaceful, unfortunately gunnies from other parts of the country are fast making it a safe haven and we are battle-ready to dislodge them. The operation by the army would be sustained and intensified just like our sister security organizations are also doing theirs, nationwide. "I cannot however confirm any fatalities as at now but scores of arrests have been made whose details would be made available later," the spokesperson further said. Capt. Musa expressed gratitude to the residents of the city for their usual support and cooperation, noting that the task of ensuring the security of lives and property of Nigerians is a collective one. |
| Posted by:Fred |