Members of the Civilian JTF operative in Maiduguri have vowed to down tools following the arrest of their members by officers of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI).
THEWILL gathered that the agency had in the last couple of days embarked on a discreet arrest of some leaders of the Civilian JTF for alleged complicity in Boko Haram.
THEWILL recalls that Major General Lucky Irabor, Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole, at a live Press briefing in Maiduguri had announced that certain people are undergoing investigation in the hands of the military over involvement in Boko Haram activities in the state, most likely members of the civilian JTF.
However, members of the Civilian JTF have threaten to desert the streets of Maiduguri if the military continues to arrest their members, at the same time demanding for the release of those in military custody.
The group insists that it has fought doggedly against the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state and the North-East saying its involvement in the fight brought immense breakthrough in the fight through information sharing, surveillance, and physical participation in the fight.
Though the identity of some of the suspects is still not clear, it was alleged on the social media that some of the suspects are close friends of
However, Governor Kashim Shetima of the state, in a state wide broadcast last Friday called on the residents to unite against terror, while praising the gallantry of the military and the civilian JTF.
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