(http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/thumbnail.php?file=army_905400901.jpg&size=article_medium) Chief of Army Staff , Lt. Gen. . Ihejirika A dawn military raid was yesterday carried out by the military on a suspected hide out of the Boko Haram sect in Kano.
[/size]The sect claimed responsibility for the January 20 attacks - the most deadly ever carried out by the Boko Haram – and is believed to be responsible for weekend’s attacks on the North’s commercial capital.One person died in the raid. The suspected hide out – a house – was pulled down. Guns, explosives and ammunition were recovered.The operation by the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) began at about 4 am.The JTF, acting on a tip off, stormed Bubbugaje area in Sharada Phase three, killing one of the militants. One was arrested along with three women and children. The bungalow, which served as residence and bomb factory, was pulled down.Gunshots fired by the JTF operatives and the Boko Haram men during the gun battle kept residents awake throughout the confrontation. There was fear, anxiety and apprehension, while the exchange of gun fire lasted.Among the items recovered in the building were bomb making materials, chemicals and powdery substances, one AK 47 Assault rifle, 36 knives, six high calibre remote control Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs), 35 low calibre remote control IEDs, 458 rounds of ammunition, batteries, bomb timers, among others.Brigade Commander, 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Kano, Brigadier General Iliyasu Abbah, said the battle against the Insurgents was fierce, noting that the the Boko Haram had resorted to guerrilla – like attack of hit and run.Gen. Abbah confirmed that the demolished block served the group as a bomb factory, adding: “the most difficult fight you can have is with terrorists because they know you and you don’t know them and they have no permanent residence, they operate like nomads.“If you uproot them from one particular place today, tomorrow, they move to another place, so, it is a very difficult battle to prosecute but with the cooperation of members of the public, we shall succeed.”A similar raid recently by the military led to the discovery of a bomb factory at Hayin Hotoro Arewa, also a remote part of Kano. That building was also demolished after some arrests were made.
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Well done; may God empower you more to cleanse these useless and heartless insurgents! Amen!!!