Boko Haram: Food And Fuel Supplier Arrested In Borno

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Nigerian troops on Sunday nabbed a man who supplies fuel and food to terrorists in Daban Shata in the suburbs of Baga in Borno State.

According to Channels, spokesman for the military, Major General Chris Olukolade, confirmed the arrest on his twitter handle.

He said a military intelligence had been trailing him till he was eventually trapped in the early hours of Sunday.

“He is presently undergoing interrogation,” the military spokesman said, without giving further details about his identity.

It is the latest development in the counter-terrorism operations in the north-east.

Escape From tTerrorists

In another development, troops on patrol on Saturday located 260 women and children in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa State where they had been held up while trying to escape from terrorists.

“They have now been conveyed back to their various communities in Madagali after undergoing the normal security profiling,” Major General Olukolade said.

Some of them disclosed that they had to abandon their homes to escape from the terrorists when Madagali came under attack, while others were actually abducted.

The Boko Haram terrorists were sacked from Madagali recently.

A number of terrorists died in an encounter with troops who caught up with them as they fled prior to the recovery of the women and children.

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“Some of the terrorists still managed to escape with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. Others who were captured are now being interrogated by intelligence officers.

“A machine gun, some rounds of ammunition, as well as some motorcycles and bicycles were also captured from the terrorists. A member of the vigilante group serving as guide to the troops was however wounded,” the military said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the operation in Sambisa forest is continuing, as troops are searching every aspect of the expansive terrain.

The Military had earlier released a video of the counterterrorism aerial operations in Sambisa Forest, with terrorists seen fleeing the forest.