Civilian Joint Task Force

CJTF members.

The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) is a loose group of militants that was formed in Maiduguri, Nigeria to help oust Boko Haram Islamist fighters from their city. The group possesses basic weapons and has female members.^[1]^[2] The vigilante group numbers over 26,000 in Borno State, of which only 1,800 receive a salary ($50 per month).^[3] The CJTF has lost approximately 600 of its members in the conflict.^[3]

The CJTF has been accused of abuses, including slaughtering men beside a mass grave, diverting food destined for starving families and beating men and subjecting women and girls to systematic sexual violence in camps.^[3]

References

↑ "Civilian JTF women emerge in Borno - Search for female insurgents". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
↑ "Women join civilian JTF in hunt for Boko Haram". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
1 2 3 "The volunteers who helped beat back Boko Haram are becoming a problem". The Economist. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

Nigerian militant groups

Ansaru Arewa People's Congress Bakassi Boys Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination Boko Haram Civilian Joint Task Force Egbesu Boys Igbo's People's Congress Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Niger Delta Avengers Niger Delta Liberation Front Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force Niger Delta Vigilante Oodua Peoples Congress Yan Tatsine

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