30 Arrested For Allegedly Sponsoring Boko Haram

Nigerian military during a recent raid at
Benishiekh and Mainok towns of Kaga local
government area of the troubled northeast
state of Borno, arrested 30 shop owners over
their close ties and with the dreaded Islamic
sect, Boko Haram, Daily Post reports.
According to Daily Post, a security source
who pleaded anonymous because he was not
authorized to speak, said on Sunday, July 2,
that the suspects were helping the security
with vital information including names of
prominent personalities.
He said: “There are going to be surprises if
President Buhai is going to act on
information at the disposal of security
agencies. The rumour making the rounds
about names of personalities involved in
Boko Haram activities and sponsorship is
going to shock many Nigerians.”
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Adding that: “The arrests at Benishiekh last
week when we raided the town is already
giving signal to the fact that, prominent
people are involved with Boko Haram. These
shop owners are the suppliers of food items,
money, fuel and other needs of the Boko
Haram fighters. They also revealed how they
attack Benishiekh town to deceive people.”
When asked to give some of the names of the
arrested persons he said: “I do not have their
names, I am not in position to give their
names. We are soldiers and our duty is to
make sure we do what we are asked to do.
We raided the area in a mop up operation
and made some arrest, which fortunately led
to the shocking arrests of those personalities
we are talking about.”
In reaction to reports that the names of
about 25 Borno indigenes have been given
to President Buhari for action, he said, the
information has been going round for
sometime now.
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“Let’s not talk about rumours. I am just
telling you about those people we arrested in
the mop up operations and that is what I
know,” the source said.
Some travellers who plied the Maiduguri/
Damaturu road have also confirmed the mop
up operation, they told Daily Post that they
were held on that road for eight hours until
the mop up operation ended.
In a related development, authorities in Chad
have arrested Bana Fanaye also known as
Mahamat Moustapha, who is said to be the
mastermind of Boko Haram operations in
Chad and northern Cameroon.
Osun Defender reports that, Fanaye was
arrested on the afternoon of Friday, July 31.
He was said to have in his possession
assault weapons, and phone SIM cards for
various countries, including Nigeria,
Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Meanwhile, Bukola Saraki, Senate president,
has promised to do everything possible to
support President Muhammadu Buhari in his
bid to stop deadly Boko Haram insurgency.
The Senate president made this pledge
during his visit to Kashim Shettima, governor
of Borno state, on August 3, 2015.
He said he was in Maiduguri, Borno state
capital for on the spot calculation of the
activities of the Boko Haram and to
commiserate with victims and people of the
state over the spate of killings and bombings
by the terrorists.