Boko Haram Insists On Ceasefire …As JTF Kills Two, Arrests Four

A splinter group of the Islamic Boko Haram group, led by Sheikh Abdulaziz Ibn Adam on Saturday insisted that it was ready to dialogue with government to the group’s current blood campaign.
Ibn Adam made the announcement at a news conference in Maiduguri.
He said that the group had come to realize that it could not achieve its aim through violence.
“You will recall that we announced a cease fire last month as a precondition for talks with government.
“But sadly after a few days of respite, violence began again in the country,” he said.
Ibn Adam said that the group was not responsible for the renewed violence in some parts of Borno.
“Those currently engaged in this violence are not our people because our people are obedient to their leaders.
“Since the leadership has asked them to cease fire, they won’t continue with violence,” he said.
Ibn Adam said that the group would go after those who still engaged in violence campaign since they had been warned severally.
He said that the leader of the sect Sheikh Abubabak shekau was being the cease fire agreement and hence all members must abide or face sanctions.
Meanwhile, the Joint Security Task Force (JTF) on Saturday shot dead two suspected gunmen and arrested four others in the Kano metropolis.
An eye-witness told newsmen on condition of anonymity that the incident happened around 1:00 p.m. at a security check-point on Hadeja Road in Kano City.
The witness said the incident occurred during ‘a stop and search’ on a commercial vehicle at the check-point.
“It was in the process that one of the passengers opened fire on the operatives at the check point and as a result one soldier was injured.
“Soon after that the security operatives responded by killing the attacker instantly,” the source said.
It was learnt that another passenger in the vehicle brought out a knife and tried to attack the solders but he was also shot dead instantly.
When contacted, the JTF Spokesman, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the incident and the killing of the two gunmen.
He said the incident happened at a check-point when the operatives were carrying out a search on a commercial vehicle when a passenger opened fire on the soldiers.
Iweha said that two suspects were shot dead while four others were arrested during the incident.
The spokesman said that investigation had since commenced to ascertain the identities of the suspects while security had also been beefed up in the area.