Troops
on patrol have arrested two suspected terrorists in Borno on Sunday who
supplied Boko Haram with drugs, logistics and fuel.
In a statement on Sunday, the Army
Spokesman, Col... Sani Usman, named the drugs’ supplier as Kadiri Umate, 35 and
the fuel supplier as Fantoma Lasani.
He said that Umate was nabbed at Firgi
and Zawan axis in Bama Local Governmnet Area of Borno, a suspected Boko Haram
terrorists’ crossing point while trying to cross into Sambisa forest.
“The patrol team recovered 35 packets of 500ml of Glucose Intravenous infusion (Drip), assorted analgesics and pain killer drugs, clothes, bathroom slippers, insecticides, salt, kolanuts and a bicycle.
“The suspect is undergoing preliminary
investigations,” Usman said.
He explained that Lasani was arrested
by troops in conjunction with Civilian JTF at Muna garage when he came to pick
his wife to “finally relocate out of Maiduguri.”
“The suspect, who hailed from Flatari
village, Bama Local Government Area, is among some unpatriotic elements in the
society that had been supplying Boko Haram terrorists with Premium Motor Spirit
and Automative Gas Oil in Bama, Gwoza and Sambisa general area,”
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