According to the deference
headquarters man who allegedly supplies fuel and food to Boko Haram was arrested
on May 3rd 2015 in Daban Shata in the suburbs of Baga, Borno State.
The military intelligence
were said to be on his trail until he was eventually trapped in the early hours
of Sunday. He is presently said to be undergoing interrogation.
In another development,
troops on patrol yesterday 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.
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 terrorists were
however sacked from the Madagali recently.
A number of terrorists died
in an encounter with with troops who caught up with them as they fled prior to
the recovery of the women and children. 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 ģuide to the troops
was however wounded.
Meanwhile the operation in
Sambisa forest is continuing as troops are methodically searching every aspect
of the expansive terrain according to Chris Olukolade.
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