MAIDUGURI – Men of the
military Joint Task Force (JTF)
clashed with gunmen
suspected to be members of
the Boko Haram gunmen in
Gambouru ward of
Maiduguri metropolis in
Borno state, killing two
civilians on Thursday at
11am.
A resident and an eyewitness
said that the clash occurred
when suspected gunmen
attacked one of the military
patrol vehicles near Kofa Biyu
on the Sir Kashim Ibrahim
Way.
He said: "we had to run for
our dare lives, as the
shootings between soldiers
and gunmen were from
front, right and back. I
cannot tell you whether
some people were killed in
the shootouts, but some of
us run into our houses for
fear of being killed by stray
bullets this morning here in
Gambouru."
An attendant of the Accident
and Emergency (A&E) unit of
the University of Maiduguri
Teaching Hospital (UMTH)
also confirmed that two
bodies of civilians were
brought into the hospital by
the JTF van.
The attendant in a text
message to newsmen
yesterday said: "two men in
personal dress were brought
in dead now at the Accident
and Emergency (A&E) unit of
Teaching Hospital by a JTF
van at about 12
noon Thursday."
Speaking on Thursday's
clash, the spokesman of JTF,
Lt. Col Sagir Musa said: "I am
not aware of the shootouts
between us and suspected
gunmen. But I will
investigate to confirm
today's shootouts in the
metropolis, before reaching
to you if there were
casualties."
Confirming the incident, the
Borno state Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO),
Gideon Jibrin said that there
was a clash between men of
the JTF and suspected
gunmen in Gombouru ward
of Maiduguri on
Thursday, where some
civilians were injured by
stray bullets.
He said the police area
commander of Gambouru
ward, was yet to send his
report on the incident to the
headquarters for further
investigations.
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