Army 16 Boko Haram spies and suppliers arrested by troops

The Nigerian Army has arrested 16 persons in
Yobe state who were believed to be
collaborating with the terror group, Boko
Haram.
The suspects were said to have been involved
in logistics to aide the terrorists' attacks.
According to Colonel Dahiru Bako , acting
Commander of the 27th military Task Force
Brigade in Damaturu , the suspects were
arrested in different locations across the
state, adding that some of them were
rounded up shortly after they had carried out
an operation at the outskirts of Damaturu , the
state capital.
Parading them before journalists on Tuesday,
September 7, Bako informed that two
villagers were killed in the insurgents’ attack.
He said others were apprehended as
collaborators and informants of the islamists.
The Colonel said that the second group of
suspects were supplying foodstuff, fuel,
cigarettes, intoxicants and other consumables
to the insurgents.
Items recovered from them included, 16 kegs
of 25-litres of petrol, eight kegs of cooking
oil, two bags of cannabis, 10 bags of rice, two
bags of sugar and large quantity of assorted
drugs.
Others were 12 bags of millet and six bags of
potash and 12 bags of fertilizers which the
army said it suspected was being used in the
production of Improvised Explosive Devices
(IED).
Bako reassured that the military and other
security agencies were determined to tackle
insurgency to its roots.