60 Boko Haram members killed in Maidugri

NO fewer than 60 corpses of suspected Boko Haram terrorists were said to have been deposited on Monday at the state specialist hospital in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Nigerian Tribune gathered on Tuesday.
It was also gathered that the terrorists were arrested and handed over to the military by youths alleged to have been engaged by government and trained by foremost hunter, Ali Quara, who specialises in hunting robbers and notorious criminals.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that some groups of youths declared hunting extravaganza on Boko Haram terrorists and other criminals to clean the state, after several months of blood-letting by the sect.
One of the directors charged with the responsibility of evacuating corpses, who did not want his name in print, told newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri that the youth, who are now referred as “Civilian JTF” in Maiduguri, had been making tremendous effort at hunting and catching members of the dreaded sect, who seemed to have defied all effort to be arrested by security officials.
He said, “if you observe now, the security personnel are not oppressing the people as they are doing in the past. Now it is the civilian JTF who knows these Boko Haram boys that go about identifying, arresting and hands them over for justice.”
According to him, “with this new arrangement, Borno would soon be cleansed of these bad elements and the peace we are all praying for is at our doorsteps,” adding that “what we need to do is to continue to pray for victory for these youths that have voluntarily contributed by putting their lives on the line for the sake of millions of Borno citizens who were being killed by Boko Haram terrorists.”
He said “this is what the state should have done long ago to prevent the killings of many innocent citizens, but everything has its own time. We did not know that one day, some youths would come up, bundle a Boko Haram member and hand such over to the military. That was impossible in the past but now it is the Boko Haram who are seeking hiding places.”
Also a former director in the Ministry of Information, who also pleaded anonymity, told Nigerian Tribune that he was reliably informed that those youths hunting for Boko Haram members in Maiduguri were 300 in number and were selected 20 from each of the 15 wards in Maiduguri and supported with the help of the hunter Quara and some of his boys.
 “You know Ali Quara was engaged by government to train these boys who know those Boko Haram members from each ward of the state capital, they were not just trained but also using all forms of ‘juju’, that bullet or knife cannot penetrate them and they know all those involved in Boko Haram activities in their areas.
“Also the people in every ward in the state are now gingered by the show of courage by the youth and are now coming out with information on who is Boko Haram and who is not in their domain. That is why there have been great success since this new operation ‘catch Boko Haram again in Maiduguri.”
Meanwhile, there was no confirmation from the Police or JTF with regard to the number of Boko Haram terrorists killed, as there were still no telephone services in Maiduguri to make calls to security agencies for official confirmation.
In another development, following the destabilisation of the activities of Boko Haram terrorists in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, a committee set up by the state governor, Kashim Shettima, was taking some relief materials to the victims of insurgents in Marte, to cushion their sufferings.