Army foils regrouping of terrorists •Arrests group leaders
The plan by a band of terrorists who relocated to Niger
Republic to re-mobilise and rearm insurgents with the aim of carrying out fresh
terrorist attacks on some Nigerian communities has been foiled.
Also, the leader of the group who was said to have fled
Nigeria when the terrorist camps were sacked was reportedly recruiting fresh
hands and training them for renewed terrorist activities in Nigeria.
Director, Defence Information, Brigadiar-General Olukolade
noted on Thursday in Abuja, that the intention of the group was to focus its
attacks on some towns around the Nigeria-Niger Republic border.
Already, he stated that the leader of the group and other
cohorts had been arrested by the operatives of the Multi-National Joint Task
Force (MNJTF).
“Intelligence operatives of the Multi-National Joint Task
Force (MNJTF) had been on the trail of the leader until he was eventually
arrested in Karanga, Niger Republic, on Saturday, with the cooperation of
Nigerian forces. His other accomplices were later picked up in other villages
in Nigeria.
They are currently being interrogated,” Olukolade said.
Source: Tribune
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