JTF kills 5 suspected terrorists, destroys bomb factory in Kaduna

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The Nigerian army said soldiers killed five “suspected terrorists” and destroyed a bomb making factory on Thursday in the northern city of Kaduna where the Islamist sect Boko Haram is active.


Kaduna, in the mainly Muslim north, has been the target of several attacks by Boko Haram since the group’s low-level insurgency intensified over two years ago.

“On the approach to the factory, some suspected terrorists opened fire and also threw already primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at the troops,” Kaduna Army spokesman Sani Kukasheka Usman said in a statement.

“The exchange of fire that ensued resulted in the death of five terrorists, while two that sustained various degrees of injuries are being treated.”

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Nigerian Army announces disengagement of 51 senior officers

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Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Bola Koleoso

The Nigerian Army on Thursday announced the retirement of 51 top officers.

Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Bola Koleoso

The senior officers were officially disengage from service on Tuesday.

One of those affected, Major Gen. M.D. Isah, was the former commander of the Army Infantry School, Jaji. He was redeployed after the twin bomb explosion at the protestant church which killed dozens of people.

The Army had after that incident set up a Board of Inquiry to investigate the attack. The report however is yet to be released.

Briefing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, Brig.-Gen. Bola Koleoso, Director of Army Public Relations, said the retirement of the senior officers was in line with the harmonised “Terms and Condition of Services for Officers, revised in 2012’’

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