{{In Nigeria’s Borno State, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) has killed a top commander of Boko Haram terrorists\u2019 sect, Mohammed Chad, in a joint special operation with the Department of State Security Services (DSSS) in the Ruwan Zafi Ward of Maiduguri metropolis at 3am on Friday}}.<\/p>\n
Chad, according to JTF sources in Maiduguri, had been on the wanted list of the security task force since last year; and allegedly masterminded the multiple attacks and killings on Sanda Kyarimi Secondary School, where a teacher on March 18 was shot dead and three female students injured.<\/p>\n
The killing of the terrorist\u2019s commander was disclosed, Saturday, in Maiduguri, in a statement JTF spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, made available to newsmen.<\/p>\n
The Guardian also learnt that the killed terrorist\u2019s commander was a successor to one Ba\u2019ana Assalafi, a Boko Haram commander that was killed, during a shoot out with security agencies in Sokoto, last March.<\/p>\n
Musa in the statement also said: \u201cThis special operation led to the death of a notorious Boko Haram terrorist, aka Mohammed Chad, an indigene of Marte in Borno State that has been on the wanted list of JTf. <\/p>\n
Intelligence report revealed that he was involved in the planning and execution of many terror attacks in and outside Borno State.<\/p>\n
\u201cChad was also suspected have succeed Ba,ana Assalafi, a key BH Commander that lost his life during a shoot out with security agencies in Sokoto.\u201d<\/p>\n
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