The men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) a.k.a
'Operation Restore Order' in Maiduguri, the
Borno state capital yesterday denied the
purported letters/ leaflets being circulated by
suspected Boko Haram sect threatening
people, especially informants and those
supporting security agencies that their lives
will soon be endangered as the sect will visit
them one by one and kill them in their houses
soon.
This is even as some residents of Hausari,
Gwange and other Boko Haram's stronghold
areas of Maiduguri metropolis have expressed
fear on the circulated leaflets purportedly
written by Boko Haram sect members,
warning them that anyone who gives
information on their Modus Operandi or
reveals their identity to security agencies, will
end up endangering their lives and their
families as a whole.
The JTF said, the purported leaflets and
letters claimed to have been written and
being circulated by Boko Haram members in
the state is not only fake, misleading, but
untrue.
The JTF while reacting to the threatened
leaflets noted that the said statement are
aimed at discouraging the support and
cooperation of the general public to the
security agencies in their effort to nip in the
bud the problem of killings, bombings and
destruction of property by the sects.
In a widely circulated statement/release from
the JTF Headquarters in Pompomari ward of
the metropolis, which were pasted/distributed
to strategic points on Sunday, including
schools and hospital bill boards, a copy which
was made available to our Correspondent,
said, "the JTF wish to inform the public that
such threatened letters are not authored truly
by Boko Haram sect, but by those who do not
want the relative peace being enjoyed in the
state to be sustained, and therefore urged
members of the public to disregard such
threats as the JTF is working round the clock
to ensure peace and unity return back to the
troubled state".
JTF however said, its men are ready to
cooperate and continue to discharge their
duties according to the ' Rules of
Engagement', so as to rid the state of Boko
Haram insurgencies.
It also enjoined the general public to continue
to give information to the JTF that will led to
the arrest of any suspected Boko Haram sect
in the state, stressing that any information
given to the Task Force will be treated with
utmost confidentiality.
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