Report has it that the north- east zonal chairman
of the association of hunters/vigilantes Mohammed Yohanna and members of his team have killed a Boko Haram commander and his deputy in Borno state.
According to an interview he granted on Tuesday, Yohanna said there was a clash between insurgents and the hunters at Shaffa Taku village of Damboa LGA in Borno on Monday.
He said they acted on intelligence that was given by volunteers who hinted him about the movement of the insurgents who have been terrorising their communities in the last two weeks.
He said that luck shone on them as they sighted the terrorists numbering more than 20, riding on motorcycles and engaged them in a gun battle, which left their commander and his deputy dead, while several others fled with gunshot wounds.
He said they also recovered one motorcycle and one AK-47 rifle from the terrorists.
Yohanna said that he has informed the authorities of the 231 battalion in Biu, and will them for onward handing over of the recovered AK-47 rifle and the motorcycle.
He also said the hunters recently apprehended some persons who allegedly supplied food items to insurgents.
According to him, the suspects were found with the sum of N6.05 million at a village in Hawul council area.
He stated that the arrested persons have been handed over to troops in Biu for further action.
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