Troops intercept Boko Haram's food, fuel supplier

dimeji akinloye

May 3, 2015 8:12 PM

The military intelligence said it has been trailing the man for a while until he was eventually arrested in Daban Shata.

The arrested Boko Haram's fuel and food supplier.

The military has intercepted a man said to be supplying fuel and food to Boko Haram terrorists.

According to a statement by the Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, the military intelligence has been trailing the man until he was eventually arrested in Daban Shata, a suburb of Baga, Borno State in the early hours of today May 3.

The supplier is presently being interrogated.

Similarly, troops on patrol also discovered 260 women and children in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa state, where they were said to have been stuck while trying to escape from the Boko Haram militants.

Some of the were said to have abandoned their homes when Madagali was attacked.

The military said it has conveyed the people back to their various communities in Madagali after undergoing the normal security profiling.

It would be recalled that troops flushed out terrorists in Madagali following an onslaught on territories under the rule of Boko Haram.

The statement added, “a number of terrorists however died in an encounter 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 guide 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.

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