Army Arrests 963 Boko Haram Suspects In Borno
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had arrested about
963 persons suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists during an operation between
January 4 and January 9.
Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya
Dole, disclosed this at the weekly review of the Operation Rescue Final at
Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri.
Mr. Irabor said, “On January 3 at about 1240hrs, 4 women and
13 children were apprehended by vigilantes at Buni Yadi and were later handed
over to our troops.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the women were
wives of Boko Haram terrorists who fled from Sambisa forest as a result of our
operations. All suspects are in our custody undergoing investigation.
“On January 9, a surrendered Boko Haram member was
identified as a male sympathiser and spy in Monguno area: We also identified
two wives of Amir (Boko Haram Commander) from the arrested members,” he said.
He said that also on January 5, at about 10:30 a.m.,
following a tip-off, troops and the Civilian Joint Task Force arrested four
Boko Haram suspects at Shuwari village.
“The suspects are: Modu Auwami, Mamye Modu, Usman Kachanawa
and Mallum Maji.
“During preliminary investigation, some local witnesses identified
Auwami as one who provided medical treatment to injured terrorists.
“The other three
suspects claimed they were abducted by the terrorists and that they only spent
few days in their camps.
He said that the suspects were now in the Army’s custody
undergoing further interrogation.
Irabor said that the suspects who all confessed to be
members of the Boko Haram terror group, claimed to have come to town to buy
Tramadol tablets.
He added that they were arrested with 27 sachets of Tramadol
tablets, three sachets of Cowbell chocolate and the sum of N5,000.
Mr. Irabor also said that on January 5 at about 11:30 a.m.,
119 Nigerian IDPs were handed over to Nigerian troops at Banki by the
Cameroonian forces.
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