Boko Haram attacks RRS office in Borno,, kills 1 cjtf and 2 others

Boko Haram attacks RRS office in Borno,, kills 1 cjtf and 2 others

In what looks like a reprisal attack, the insurgent Boko Haram have attacked the office of the Rapid Response Squad RSS killing one civilian joint task force cjtf see and 2 others in the process.

This attack according to sources is coming on the heels of a previous attack on the insurgents who turned themselves into a major threat to the Maiduguri Damaturu road which is a top priority for protection for the RSS. 

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Briefing newsmen in Maiduguri Wednesday morning Commissioner of Police Abdu Umar said that “the RSS team in Beneshiek lost 4 cjtf vehicles which were burnt down and three people killed including 1truck driver, 1cjtf driver and one passerby cut by the sporadic stray bullets of the insurgents.

“It happened at about 3am early Sunday morning in Beneshiek and our men had to send support to counter the attack in the town. ” Said CP Abdu Umar.

RRS sources further said that the attack to their strong hold at Beneshiek at about 3am in the morning of Sunday was a sad moment for the RRS squad especially with the death of one of their own.

Trouble actually started when “they came through the southern part of the town from the Bush,  and went directly to CJTF office to attack us. 

“One cjtf operative Babagana Kakama tried to respond to their attacks but was shot dead on the spot, by the insurgents who were shooting sporadically into the air.

” Yakubu Tangale a notorious insurgent was equally killed when the ISWAP tried to escape, one truck driver was also shot when he tried to run away from the shooting area opposite cjtf office.

“Three members  of cjtf squad sustained various degrees of injuries while protecting their vehicles from being burnt down,  they have since being hospitalised at Yobe State Teaching Hospital, Damaturu.” The source  revealed.

On the vehicles destroyed, he posited that “RRS 012, RRS 013, LG01, LG02 and one tricycle were completely burnt by the insurgents while the wounded cjtf members include Grema Bulama, Balumin Modu, kelube, Audu Kyari and some others ” He said.

As at the time of writing this report, follow up meetings were organised to review the security architecture of the general area with the Military, Council Chairman, Member BOHA, POLICE, CJTF and Hunters.

“ISWAP actually came on reprasal attack after three guntrucks were collected from them by the RRS squad at Mainok on 17th of this month.” Said our source.

The Commander of the RRS squad Abioye Babalola and his squad are charged with the responsibility of ensuring that Maiduguri Damaturu remains security at all times.

They have always been a target of anger by the insurgents who make gains from mounting check points to abduct people for financial gains to purchase weapons to prosecute their cause.

Preparation for the general election

Meanwhile Commissioner of Police in Borno State Abdu Umar noted that the Command has trained over 1,800 constabularies to match up with any criminal fallout of the anticipated election.

On the fallout of the last training of policemen at the College, he said that 10 constables each have been posted to the 27 council areas to boast the personnel of the state Command.

” We do hope to collaborate with other security agencies so we can produce a robust package for the upcoming general elections. 

“Campaigns starts today which is why we are on red alert for the exigencies of the election season.” Said the CP.

The CP said that ordinary crimes have been in the decrease in the state and they do hope to sustain the tempo accordingly.

” I can report to you that crime rate is low because the insurgents are beginning to surrender. We shall continue to focus on the protection of lives and property which is our major mandate” said CP Umar.

Cp Abdu Umar told newsmen that none of his men were abducted by the desperate insurgents over the weekend along the Damboa Maiduguri highway.

He  however revealed that it was in Gubio that insurgents abducted a police man recently but the officer and some other civilian Joint Task Force (cjtf) members escaped when the airforce rained proactive strikes on the insurgents who could not get away with their human catch.

” They attacked the police and went away with a Hilux and a rifle. They almost went away with one of our policemen but for the timely intervention of the aircrafts that stopped them. Even the cjtf members who would have been taken away were saved from the abduction.” Said Commissioner Umar.

Boko Haram attacks RRS office in Borno,, kills 1 cjtf and 2 others