Troops arrest 33 Boko Haram’s food suppliers
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that
its soldiers had arrested 33 suppliers of foodstuffs to the members of
the Boko Haram Islamic sect.
The Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Wednesday that
the insurgents were arrested around Azir-Wazikoro in the Damboa axis of
Borno State.
Usman said that the suspects were caught
with large quantity of foodstuffs at Korode during intensive patrol
carried out by the troops.
According to him, nine of the 33
suspects came from Korode, five from Auma, 10 from Geargube, four from
Bulbul and one from Dolomi.
Usman had also announced on September 8 that troops arrested Boko Haram major supplier of drugs.
Part of the NA spokesman’s statement
read, “Intensive patrols and vigilance of troops have continued to yield
positive results with the arrest of 33 suspected food suppliers to the
Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa axis around Azir-Wajiroko road, Borno
State.
“The 33 suspected Boko Haram accomplices
were arrested with large quantity of foodstuffs meant for Boko Haram
terrorists at Korode.”
He added that while the suspects claimed
to be traders, they did not deny buying and selling items to the
insurgents and that the Army had commenced investigation to determine
the level of involvement of the suspects with the deadly sect.
He said also that the troops had
discovered and destroyed some Improvised Explosive Devices planted at
Sadia, along Korode Road, by the insurgents.
The Army spokesman said the troops also
rescued some women and children, who were abducted by the insurgents at
Buduwa general area of the Bama Local Government Area, which is under
Boko Haram control.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff, Air
Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has said that the fighter pilots of the
Nigerian Air Force have been able to weaken and prevent the insurgents
from moving in pick up vehicles to slaughter innocent Nigerians.
Abubakar said that the insurgents would
never be allowed to move freely in convoys to carry out attacks on
innocent citizens and capture military units.
The Air Chief said this while declaring
open the 2015 NAF Standard and Evaluation Seminar in Abuja on Wednesday.
The seminar has the theme, “The Imperatives of Standards and Evaluation
in the Nigerian Air Force.”
He said that the NAF had been creating a
good atmosphere for the ground troops to carry out their statutory
responsibility of protecting the territorial integrity of the country.
He said “I wish to use this opportunity
to reassure the entire nation that the Nigerian Air Force remains
totally committed to global best practices even in the present war on
insurgency, and will strive to provide the enabling environment for
national development.
“So far, the Air operations in the
North-East are creating the enabling environment for the Army to move
unhindered in the conduct of their operations. We have substantially
degraded the capacity of the terrorists to move freely in pickups,
ravaging villages and murdering innocent citizens.
“God willing, they will never move
freely again to slaughter our citizens or capture our military units. We
will continue to do our utmost best to meet our statutory
responsibility of defending the territorial integrity of the nation,
acting singly or in concert with other security agencies.”
The Air Chief explained that the seminar
was organised to ensure adherence to standards in line with the
operating procedures of the service.
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