The troops of the Nigerian Army have
arrested a man said to be a supplier of fuel and food to the members of
the Boko Haram at Daban Shata, a suburb of Baga, Borno State.
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.
The Defence spokesman stated also 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
According to him, the women and children
were rescued and taken back to their communities in Madagali Local
Government Area after being profiled.
He said, “A man who specialises 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 (on Saturday) 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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