In 9ja: Military arrest 17 insurgents disguised as herdsmen in Wukari, kill scores

Nigerian Army have arrested 17 terrorists fighting in the guise of herdsmen in the outskirt of Wukari, Taraba State.

A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said that:

-some of the terrorists were shot to death during an attack on a military checkpoint at Gindin Dorowa, near Wukari.

-the insurgents were dressed in the same manner as the members of the Boko Haram sect operating in the North-East.

-one of the insurgents, who was captured, confessed that he had been fighting on the side of the group in Borno State until recently, when he was drafted to fight in the Wukari conflict ‘in furtherance of their mission.’

-that several arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspected terrorists.

-others members of the group, who were sighted during aerial surveillance operation, were trailed to their hideout where they engaged troops in a gun battle.

-troops arrested some terrorists during a patrol at the Lake Chad islands.

-those arrested included a boat operator, who ferries insurgents across the Lake Chad, and a supplier of hard drugs to the insurgents in the area.

-the security agencies had relaxed the curfew in Wukari with the restoration of normalcy to the area.

-troops were patrolling the area and carrying out a house-to-house search of the area in search of arms.

-the military had intensified the search for the abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok.

HBC: May God bring an end to all evil and doers of evil.