Arms and ammunition were recovered by JTF after they executed a raid at the residence of suspected top media coordinator of Boko Haram on Monday night 17th September 2012. This operation took place at Rimi Kebe and Rijayar’zaki  general area of the municipality.

Spokesman of Joint Military Taskforce in Kano, Lt Ikediche Iweha disclosed in a statement titled  “update on capture of Boko Haram terrorists on 17th September 2012" saying that “this latest encounter with the terrorist group has foiled its planned attack to wreck havoc on the good people of Kano state".

JTF stated that the raid has equally further “depleted the capacity of the terrorist group to operate”, as it expressed its resolve to continue to work assiduously towards the protection of lives and property in the state.

According to the JTF spokesman, two  AK 47 rifles, two Pump Action Rifles, one Berretta Rifle, one Smoke Discharger, 433 rounds of 7.62 Nato ammunition, 80 rounds of 7.62 special ammunition, two AK 47 magazines, 36 Prepared IEDs, 13 Laptops, two motorcycles.

Other items recovered includes, four printers, one photocopier, one 33 slots Zenith disc writer, one TG 3900Ez generator set, religious books,  large quantity of CD plates, two decoders, two satellite dish, one 21” television set, one DVD player, 2 bags of Urea fertilizer, one Elite dry cell 12v battery, one blue gate UPS, one stabilizer, 10 hand held Motorola radios and 5 battery chargers.

Is this the beginning of the end for Boko Haram?

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