Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi said
the command had intercepted a reasonable quantity of fuel packaged in cartons
of groundnut oil, bound for the Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area in the
state.
The state Commandant of the
NSCDC, Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the revelation in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri.
He said since Boko Haram
fighters were running out of food and other supplies, they were now employing
all sorts of means to replenish stock.
“The command had so far
arrested a suspect, who confessed that he did not know the owner of the
consignment that he was asked to deliver to the insurgents trapped in Gamboru
Ngala.
“He later confessed that
each of the five-litre keg of fuel is sold for N15,000 to the insurgents.
“You will recall we raised
the alarm that some agents of Boko Haram were transporting stolen cows from the
Mafa, Kalabalge and Bomboshe areas in the state to cattle market in Maiduguri.
“The Boko Haram sect
usually send the cows to their agents in the city who will then sell them and
repatriate either cash or fuel to the terrorists.
“We are warning the people,
especially drivers not to accept or convey any form of luggage that looks
suspicious to anyone, especially along the Gamboru area.
“We are also warning drivers,
park owners and union groups to always check their passengers and their luggage
to avoid transporting bad elements that would cause havoc in the society.”
According to him, the
command is working with other relevant security agencies to bring all the
collaborators of the terrorists to book.
Meanwhile, a suicide attack
was on Sunday averted on an internally displaced persons’ camp in Maiduguri by
a sharp sniper.
According to a member of
the youth vigilance group, Modu Zarami, the suicide bomber was shot by a
soldier while trying to scale the fence to gain entrance into the Bakassi IDPs
camp.
Confirming the incident,
the information officer of the National Emergency Management Agency, Sani
Datti, in a text message to our correspondent said, “A lone suicide bomber was
this morning (Sunday) intercepted as he tried to gain access into Bakassi IDP
camp, Maiduguri.”
Zarami, a member of the
youth vigilance group, popularly called Civilian JTF, told our correspondent on
the telephone that the male suicide bomber was spotted at a mosque along Damboa
Road, and to avoid being caught, took to his heels.
In his pursuit were some
CJTF and a soldier, who caught up with him while trying to scale the fence of
the IDPs camp.
“The soldier had to gun him
down before he could scale the fence,” Ibrahim said, adding that the explosive
device on him was subsequently detonated by an officer from the bomb disposal
unit of the Nigeria Police.
This, he said, was
responsible for the loud bang heard in parts of Maiduguri by some residents.
Zarami said, “The guy, said
to be in his 20s, was woken up at the mosque when the people could not identify
him. They quickly asked him to identify himself and to raise his clothes up.
When the explosive were seen, and having sensed danger, he took off and ran to
Bakassi. He was shot when he tried to scale the fence.
“It happened behind Bakassi Camp at about 9am.
Two bombs were found on his body.”
Zarami added, “His remains
have been removed by the JTF operatives to a hospital’s morgue in Maiduguri.”
Also, the National
Emergency Management Agency on Sunday advised Borno residents, especially the
IDPs, to be more vigilant, following increased suicide attacks targeted at the
displaced persons in Maiduguri.
The North-East Coordinator
of the agency, Mallam Muhammad Kanar, gave the advice in an interview with NAN
in Maiduguri.
Kanar said the attacks were
a sign of desperation by the Boko Haram insurgents to cause havoc in the IDP
camps.
“It is true that they have
been trying to gain access into the city and wreak havoc, but security agents
have been up and doing in preventing them.
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