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| 'Surrender illegally acquired weapons in your own interest' |
| 2011-10-19 |
| [Nigerian Tribune] Following the spate of killings in the last four days in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno has called on members of the public who are in possession of illegally acquired arms and ammunition as well as explosives to surrender such in their own interest. This warning was contained in a statement which came on the heels of the murder of a member of the Borno State House of Assembly, Honourable Bintube Dalwa, who was rubbed out by gunnies suspected to be members of the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. Currently wearing a false nose and moustache and answering to Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, or Big Louie... sect. Dalwa was killed in his Maiduguri residence at about 7:30p.m. on Sunday, when a group of gunnies stormed his residence and shot him. A top operative of the JTF, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on phone said, " we are right in the house of the politician now and we are arresting suspects in the area, because the gunnies ran into one of the houses in the neighborhood." He said they were sure of arresting the killers because "over 200 of our men have been mobilised to comb the entire area." The killing of the politician came some hours after the chief of vigilante group in Maiduguri, Ali Banga, was attacked and killed in his residence by the same gunnies. The JTF, who gave up to October 31, 2011 for those in possession of lethal weapons to surrender them, said the collection centres for such weapons include the headquarters of the JTF, 21, Brigadier Giwa Barracks, 212 Battalion, Maimalari Cantonment; the Nigeria Police headquarters in Borno and the headquarters of the Directorate of State Security in Maiduguri. |
| Posted by:Fred |