Soldiers In Gun Battle With Boko Haram Suspects In Kaduna

A soldier was feared killed in the early
hours of Monday during a gun battle
between the military and two Boko
Haram suspects at Ungwan Keke-B, near
Danbushiya suburb in Chikun Local
Government area of Kaduna, residents
of the area told PREMIUM TIMES on
Monday morning.

Witnesses who pleaded anonymity said
the suspects, two brothers, moved to the
area and lived in a rented apartment
three years ago.

“We never knew that they are Boko
Haram people.
“We just sighted a team of military
personnel cordon the house, then gun
shots filled the air at about 11:56 p.m.
which led to their escape and the killing
of one soldier after several hours of
shooting.

According to witnesses, although the two
Boko Haram suspects, whose names
could not be ascertained, escaped, their
wives were arrested by the security
operatives after the gun battle that left
their building shattered.
“One of the suspect got married to his
wife who is from Bauchi eight days ago
and brought her to Kaduna. Two of the
wives have been taken away by the
soldiers,” the witnesses said.

The Village Head of Keke B, Suleiman
Mohammed, who confirmed the incident
to journalists said he started hearing
gun shots at about 1 a.m.
“The team of security operatives later
announced that the neighbours should
all come out of their houses and ordered
them to leave the area,” he said.

The house was completely deserted,
there were blood stains on the floor, but
the security operatives had left the area
when a PREMIUM TIMES correspondent
left the vicinity Monday morning.
Efforts to reach the Deputy Director
Army Public Relation of the 1 Army
Division Kaduna, Abdul Usman, failed as
his phone lines were unavailable. He is
yet to respond to a text message sent to
him.

The Boko Haram insurgency in Northern
Nigeria has caused the death of over
20,000 people with hundreds of
thousands still displaced mainly in the
north-eastern states of Borno, Yobe, and
Adamawa.

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