The Joint Security Task Force in Kano yesterday said one person died during an operation at a hide-out of suspected Boko Haram members.

The hide-out was at Bubbbugaje in the Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State.

Commander of 3rd Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Kano, Brig.-Gen. Iliyasu Abbah who disclosed this while conducting journalists round the house, said the operation started around 4 a.m yesterday.

He said the task force had stormed the location following a tip-off.

Abbah said one suspect was shot dead during the operation while another escaped during an exchange of fire between the suspects and the JTF operatives.

“Our men were able to safely and professionally rescue three women and some children during the operation.

“You know this is the most difficult fight, especially when you are dealing with terrorists, because they know us but we don’t know them,” he said.

The Brigade Commander said items recovered inside the house included 485 rounds of 7.62 mm special, nine rounds of 5.56 mm and seven SIM cards and modems.

Other items recovered were five high explosives, one AK47, 35 knives, 35 IEDs, two laptops, five jerry cans, a bank teller containing N150, 000, among others.

He urged members of the public to continue to co-operate with security operatives in order to rid the state of such terrorists.

Abbah said the Nigerian Army would also continue to do its best in order to ensure that peace returns to the state.

Our correspondent  reports that a woman, who claimed to be from Cameroon, was also identified by the JTF as one of the women rescued from an operation in Kano metropolis.

The house was later demolished by a bulldozer.

Meanwhile, acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar  has dismissed insinuations that the Nigeria police was losing the war against terrorists.

Mohammed, who spoke to State House correspondents after Monday’s attack at the Taraba State Ministry of Finance, said the police had intensified efforts toward checking the activities of terror groups across the country.

Terrorists threw explosives at the motorcade of the Commissioner of Police in Taraba, Mamman Sule, while he was going through the ministry to his own office.

Mohammed refuted the claim that the Taraba attack was targeted at Sule, saying that arrests had been made in connection with the attack.

The explosion in Jalingo was said to have claimed the lives of 11 civil servants at the premises of the Ministry of Finance.

Earlier, President Goodluck Jonathan had urged Nigerians and foreigners resident in the country not to be discouraged by the recent upsurge in terrorist attacks in parts of the country.

Jonathan made the appeal in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati.

The President said Nigerians must go about their normal business and resolve to collectively defeat those perpetrating evil in the country.

He condemned the upsurge in terrorist attacks, the latest of which occurred in Jalingo on Monday, saying the administration would not waver in its commitment to restore peace and stability in the country.

Jonathan assured that the government would curb terrorism and bring the perpetrators and sponsors to justice.

The President also reassured Nigerians and foreigners resident in the country that the administration was taking every necessary action to end the attacks.

He noted that the success in the war against terrorism would be speedily achieved with greater support and assistance from affected communities.

Jonathan called on all patriotic Nigerians to promptly report all suspicious persons to security agencies.

He condoled with the families of the victims of the bomb attacks in Jalingo and wished the injured speedy recovery.