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 that some of the rescued women said that they had to
escape from their homes when the Magali area came under attack from the
insurgents while others said they were abducted and taken to the area.
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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