Written by Agency Reporter
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi PetinrinFileThe Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Peace, in Borno State has about 5,000 assorted arms and ammunition in Maiduguri, the state capital.
Most of these arms and ammunition were recovered from the members of the public who voluntarily submitted them before the expiration of the October 31 deadline given by the commission.
Others were recovered during the ongoing house-to-house search as well as those dropped at refuse dumps at some locations in the Maiduguri metropolis by some unknown persons.
Some of the areas where the arms, especially guns, (AK47 rifles) were recovered from refuse dumps included Baga Road and Abaganaram Housing Estate and Jajeri ward.
The JTF spokesman, Lt Col. Hassan Mohammed, in a telephone interview on Thursday, confirmed that about 5,000 assorted arms and ammunition had been recovered by the task force since the exercise started last month in Maiduguri
Mohammed said the house-to-house search would continue in Maiduguri, appealing to members of the public to support the JTF to restore peace and order in the state.
Meanwhile, Mohammed said the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Thursday shot and killed an on-duty soldier charged with guarding a market.
SOURCE: Punch Newspaper, 4 November 2011. http://punchontheweb.com
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