This is a picture of 17 Boko Haram Members posing as herdsmen who have been committing heinous acts in the North. They were arrested after a failed attack at a military checkpoint. Read details below...
A group of terrorists posing as herdsmen have been arrested at the outskirts of Wukari, while two others died after an attack on a military checkpoint at Gindin Dorowa, a suburb of Wukari in Taraba State.
Other members of the group were sighted during an aerial surveillance and later trailed to their camp where they engaged the troops in a gun battle. The terrorists were clad in the usual attire of their counterparts operating in Borno and Yobe States. Assorted arms and ammunition were recovered from them.
This was disclosed yesterday in a statement issued and signed by director of information, Defence Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade.
According to the statement, one of the apprehended armed men confessed that he had been fighting for the terrorist group in Borno State and was recently brought to Wukari area in furtherance of their mission.
The Defence spokesman also disclosed that the curfew in Wukari would be relaxed since normalcy was returning to the town.
He said: “The curfew imposed on Wukari and its environs is expected to be relaxed as normalcy returns to the town. Troops have maintained patrol of the area while a house-to-house search for arms is ongoing”.
The military also disclosed that troops on patrol of the Lake Chad Islands had made some arrests.
“Among those arrested was a boat operator who ferries terrorists across the Lake Chad while another confessed to being a supplier of hard drugs to the terrorist groups in the area,” he said.
In the meantime, the search for the abducted students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, is also being intensified by the troops.
Other members of the group were sighted during an aerial surveillance and later trailed to their camp where they engaged the troops in a gun battle. The terrorists were clad in the usual attire of their counterparts operating in Borno and Yobe States. Assorted arms and ammunition were recovered from them.
This was disclosed yesterday in a statement issued and signed by director of information, Defence Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade.
According to the statement, one of the apprehended armed men confessed that he had been fighting for the terrorist group in Borno State and was recently brought to Wukari area in furtherance of their mission.
The Defence spokesman also disclosed that the curfew in Wukari would be relaxed since normalcy was returning to the town.
He said: “The curfew imposed on Wukari and its environs is expected to be relaxed as normalcy returns to the town. Troops have maintained patrol of the area while a house-to-house search for arms is ongoing”.
The military also disclosed that troops on patrol of the Lake Chad Islands had made some arrests.
“Among those arrested was a boat operator who ferries terrorists across the Lake Chad while another confessed to being a supplier of hard drugs to the terrorist groups in the area,” he said.
In the meantime, the search for the abducted students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, is also being intensified by the troops.
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