07:07:00
Nigeria recorded another
milestone in its quest to totally eradicate Boko Haram terrorists with the
arrest of a man believed to be a supplier of fuel and food to the members of
the Boko Haram at Daban Shata, a suburb of Baga, Borno State.
The military has made
strings of successes in the battle against the terrorists in the North East
with about 700 women and girls released from captivity in recent weeks.
Director of a Defence Information,
Major General Chris Olukolade, said that the military intelligence
had been on the trail of the man until he was picked up in the early hours of
Sunday.
Olukolade added that the
soldiers also rescued an additional 260 women and children near Chalawa Village
in Adamawa State.
The troops had rescued 293
women and girls on Tuesday and another 160 women and children on Wednesday
He said the women and
children were rescued and taken back to their communities in Madagali Local
Government Area after being profiled.
The Defence spokesman said
that some of the rescued women had to escape from their homes when the Magali
area came under attack from the insurgents while others said they were abducted
and taken to the area.
He said, “A man who
specializes in supplying fuel and food to terrorists was this morning nabbed in
Daban Shata in the suburbs of Baga, Borno State.
“The military intelligence
had been trailing him till he was eventually trapped in the early hours of
Sunday. He is presently 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 their attack, while others were actually abducted and taken
there. The terrorists were however sacked from the Madagali recently.”
Olukolade said that the
troops also killed several of the terrorists in the ensuing gun battle to
recover the abducted women and children.
He added that while some
of the terrorists escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds, others who
were captured were undergoing interrogation.
He said that the troops
captured a machine gun, some rounds of ammunition, motorcycles and bicycles
from the terrorists.
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