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Civilian JTF: The unsung heros in the fight against Boko Haram (See photos)
News Hub Creator May 30, 2021 8:44 PM
In northeastern Nigeria, the Civilian Joint Task Force patrols streets with guns, machetes and even bows and arrows.
The area around Lake Chad has a long history of community mobilisation against violent threats such as banditry, slave raiding, cattle rustling and conflict. Thus, it is not surprising that vigilantism plays a large role in the current fight against Boko Haram.
Vigilante groups started forming in Maiduguri in 2013 as people who had become tired of both Boko Haram and government forces violence started hunting suspected Boko Haram members and setting up checkpoints throughout the city. By doing this, they hoped to overpower Boko Haram cells inside Maiduguri.
Furthermore, as young men were facing suspicion from security forces in Maiduguri, joining an anti Boko Haram militia could aid in easing that mistrust.
The original vigilante group in Maiduguri, which took the name Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), had amassed around 500 vigilantes by June 2013. Since then, the CJTF has become an collective name for self-defence militias all over the Nigerian northeast and it has grown immensely both in terms of manpower and capability. Estimates claim that there are around 26,000 vigilantes in Borno state alone. Self-defence militias have also appeared elsewhere in the Lake Chad region, including Cameroon, Chad and the Nigerian states surrounding Borno.
Shortly after the creation of the CJTF, the Nigerian army realised the potential advantages of having the vigilantes on its side, as they could provide much needed knowledge of the local terrain and people, as well as useful intelligence and manpower. The army therefore quickly offered support to organise, train, equipand spread the CJTF, and it has since become a paramilitary force with detachments throughout Borno State and elsewhere, with strong ties to the Nigerian military and local political leaders