BOKO HARAM SAYS JTF KILLED INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND NOT BOKO HARAM MEMBERS!

Boko Haram Leader

Victor Ebhaleme, field operations officer of the military Joint Task Force in the region (Maiduguri +), said by phone from the city that the JTF killed at least 20 suspected Boko Haram Islamic militants after a gun duel in Maiduguri...the JTF also added that, One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the shootout late saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. “We got intelligence reports that some suspected Boko Haram terrorist were having a meeting at a particular location in the metropolis,” he said. “While we approached the venue of their meeting point the terrorists opened fire on the JTF which led to the killing of 20 of terrorists.”

Abul Qaqa the Boko Haram's spokesman who spoke to reporters by telephone from Maiduguri denied its members were killed. 
“The JTF only succeeded in killing innocent civilians,” he also added that
“It is not possible for 20 of our members to sit in a volatile place and hold a meeting.”

Yesterday, sunday 12th august 2012, in another incident, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members shot dead a policeman after an attack on a church in Gombe state, Pwaje Attajiri, a police spokesman, said by phone from Gombe, the capital. A soldier was also killed in the city, he said.