JTF apprehends hungry insurgents

The Defence Headquarters on Friday announced that a group of insurgents, who were in search of large quantity of food, have been tracked down and apprehended by troops of the Special Forces.
Giving an update on the ongoing enforcement of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, said a stolen vehicle and weapons were recovered from them.
Olubolade however attributed the success in tracking down the terrorists to the cooperation of the civilians who supplied timely information that led to their arrest.
His words: “The intensive cordon and search operation being conducted by the troops of the Special Forces received a major boost from civilian cooperation in communities close to locations being focused in the operation yesterday.
“A group of terrorists moving from village to village in search of large quantity of food were tracked and apprehended following a tip off from civilians.
“The group which was moving around in a Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep with registration number Borno XA 428 ADM which is suspected to have been stolen was eventually arrested at DabanMasara with weapons such as AK 47 rifle, single barrel shotgun, double hand shotgun and various calibres of ammunition.
“In other locations, a total of 56 identified insurgents were apprehended with the help of Military Police Dogs.  Items recovered from the arrested insurgents include, two packs of  IEDs, two Rocket Propelled Gun chargers, a rifle magazine, two machetes, bomb detonators, camouflage and other military uniforms as well as medicines equipment, charms, seven vehicles including a Jeep and eight tri-cycles.
“It is believed that some stranded terrorists are keen on establishing new camps.  They are being trailed accordingly.  There were also a few encounters with some insurgents in forest locations apart from the identified and destroyed camps.  The campaign to rid the nation’s territories of the insurgents continues.”