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Military arrests more Boko Haram collaborators

Please recall that a Boko Haram financier, fund raiser and stimulant supplier, Mohammed Maina was arrested by troops of 21 Brigade yesterday.

A Cameroonian soldier stands on a Nigerian armoured vehicle used by Boko Haram insurgents to attack a Cameroon army patrol near Waza, February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bate Felix Tabi Tabe

The onslaught against the terror group, Boko-Haram has taken a new dimension, as the military has directed its attention at picking up some sponsors of the sect.

A statement signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, reveals that more Boko Haram collaborators have been arrested.

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The statement reads “Please recall that a Boko Haram financier, fund raiser and stimulant supplier, Mohammed Maina was arrested by troops of 21 Brigade yesterday. The arrested terrorist has been making very useful statements and lending more insights in the activities of the terrorists and their collaborators.”

“This has been yielding positive results and as a follow up today, 3 collaborators; Jikana Alhaji Goni, aged 29 years of Hausari Ward Maiduguri, Alhaji Musa Alhaji Modu, also of Hausari Ward Maiduguri, 37 years and Alhaji Aba'ana Na Alhaji Sule aged 40, of Hausari Ward Maiduguri were arrested and are being interrogated,” the statement said.

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