Troops
arrest logistics supplier, kill three female suicide bombers
The Kano State
Police Command has arrested five suspected Boko Haram members in the state
after a gun dwell that lasted several hours.The terrorists according to the
police were arrested at about 2:00am yesterday at Gayawa quarters in Ungogo
local council of the state.
Kano State
Police Commissioner, Rabiu Yusuf, while addressing journalists yesterday said
one of the suspects who escaped with gunshot during the operation was a
dismissed Air Force officer who is now at large.
The suspects
paraded were: Abba Muhammad of Niger Republic (20), Usman A. Buhari (23), from
Borno State, Illiasu Abdullahi (46) of Gezawa local council of Kano state.
The two
pregnant females were Aisah Yau (25) and Ladidi Yunusa (27) both of Kwarna hudu
quarters in Nassarawa council of Kano State. The CP said one of the suspects
made confessional statement to the police of their hideout and plans to launch
series of attack on places of worship, public gathering and other strategic
places of interest.
Also, troops
of 103 Battalion, Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army said it has killed
three female suicide bombers who were trying to infiltrate their location at
Kawuri, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.
A statement
by Army Spokesman, Brig. Gen Sani Usman, said the female suicide bombers who
were on obvious mission of committing mayhem, were spotted by a vigilant sentry
while they were trying to access the military location.
Meanwhile,
more Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to troops of 27 Task Force of
Operation Lafiya Dole at Buni Yari, Gujba Local council of Yobe State.
They belong
to the Mamman Nur faction of the Boko Haram terrorists group.
Troops of
159 Battalion of the Nigerian Army said it has arrested a suspected logistics supplier
to Boko Haram terrorists, one Hassan Yusuf.Usman in Abuja, said Yusuf, 43 who
hailed from Dangana in Chad Republic, was intercepted while attempting to cross
over to Chad.
Sani said
the suspect was found with some smuggled spare parts and other items across the
border in a Toyota Hilux vehicle with registration number AE-646-VBY (Benue),
and he is being interrogated further.
In another
development, the Nigerian Army has airlifted 43 surrendered Boko Haram
insurgents to Gombe for a 16-week deradicalisation and rehabilitation programme
of Operation Safe Corridor (OSC).
This was
disclosed yesterday in Maiduguri, by the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya
Dole, Maj-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, while handing them over to the commander of
Operation Safe Corridor at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri.While assuring the
surrendered insurgents that they would be given a new lease of life, he urged
them to embrace peace and undertake the programme whole-heartedly.
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