BREAKING: ISWAP, Boko Haram Food Supplier Arrested In Market
How ISWAP, Boko Haram Food Supplier Arrested In Market
Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a food supplier working for the Islamic State West African Province and the Boko Haram fighters and their commanders at a market in Borno State.
According to PRNigeria, the suspect, Wida Kachalla, was arrested in Benisheikh Market by troops of the 154 Taskforce Battalion in conjunction with local vigilantes.
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It was learnt that Kachalla was also an “errand boy” for the notorious ISWAP Logistics Commander, Modu Sulum, who was killed on Sunday by troops of Operation Hadin Kai.
Kachalla is a native of Murguba Settlement, an area firmly under ISWAP, Boko Haram control.
An intelligence operative revealed that at the point of arrest, Kachalla succeeded in chewing his SIM cards, but his two mobile phones were recovered by the troops.
Boko Haram Food Supplier Arrested In Market
“In recent weeks, we have intercepted communication and couriers of terrorists in their various channels and routes. While the suspect chewed and swallowed his SIM cards, we already got the major data for intelligence gathering.
“Other items recovered from him included a bag of flour, cartons of biscuits, crates of evaporated milk, crates of soft drinks, cartons of anti-grass chemical, among other consumables,” the operative stated.
The ISWAP fighters were reportedly part of the network responsible for the killing of evasive Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau as well as the destructions of power transmission towers at Malanari along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway.
They were taken out in airstrikes conducted by Alpha-Jets, L-39, and MI-35 helicopters.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, had confirmed in a release that the terrorists were killed in land and air offensives.
Boko Haram Food Supplier Arrested In Market
