{"id":196209,"date":"2026-02-26T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:24:24","slug":"boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, killing one operative.<\/p>\n<p>Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the attack occurred at about 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday when the insurgents opened fire on members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and local hunters conducting patrol in the area.<\/p>\n<p>During the ambush, a CJTF member identified as Bello Adamu, 50, sustained fatal gunshot injuries. He was evacuated to the General Hospital in Gwoza, where medical personnel confirmed him dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>His remains were subsequently released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, troops of Operation HADIN KAI were deployed to the area to secure the axis. Security patrols and surveillance have since been intensified along the Warave\u2013Gwoza corridor to forestall further attacks and track the perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>Military authorities are yet to issue an official statement on the incident as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, killing one operative. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the attack occurred at about 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday when the insurgents opened fire on members of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-196209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T10:20:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T11:24:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"993\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T10:20:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T11:24:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member\",\"name\":\"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T10:20:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T11:24:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg\",\"width\":1728,\"height\":993,\"caption\":\"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member - Nigeria","description":"Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member","og_description":"Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2026-02-26T10:20:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-26T11:24:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1728,"height":993,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member","datePublished":"2026-02-26T10:20:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T11:24:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member"},"wordCount":193,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member","name":"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-26T10:20:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T11:24:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed members of a vigilante group on routine patrol along the Warave\u2013Gwoza Road ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105035.092332.jpg","width":1728,"height":993,"caption":"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-ambushes-vigilantes-in-borno-killing-one-cjtf-member#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boko Haram Ambushes Vigilantes in Borno Killing One CJTF Member"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}