The spokesperson of the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Kano, Ikedi Iweha, has said that 14 insurgents were killed in an early morning raid in Kano.
Mr. Iweha told Reuters that the task force killed the 14 suspected Boko Haram members during the morning raid.
Reuters also quoted a military source as saying one soldier was killed and another seriously injured in the raid; while a suspected suicide bomber was arrested in a car packed with explosives.
The JTF had raided Anguwa Uku area of Kano earlier today. The raid is believed to have succeeded in foiling a major suicide attack in Kano on Easter Sunday.
“This operation was conducted following a tip-off from our intelligence. You can see that there are over 10 of the terrorists all dead,” Iliyasu Abbah, an officer in the JTF told Reuters.
A witness, who asked not to be named, said he saw a woman and a child among the dead.
