Troops capture 12 suspected Boko Haram collaborators in Borno

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai person arrested 12 suspected collaborators and logistics suppliers linked to Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, during an intelligence-led cognition successful Damasak, Borno state.

The service announced this successful a subject operational study released successful Abuja on Monday.

The service said the cognition followed actionable quality obtained from the interrogation of an earlier fishy arrested astatine the Kadauri cattle marketplace successful Damasak.

It said the fishy allegedly identified gathering points and hideouts utilized by violent collaborators, logistics suppliers and informants operating wrong the area.

According to the report, troops subsequently conducted coordinated cordon-and-search operations astatine aggregate locations, starring to the apprehension of the 12 suspects.

“Items recovered during the cognition included 4 mobile phones comprising 3 Tecno devices, 1 Itel phone, 1 Infinix smartphone and N7,360 cash.

“The suspects are undergoing preliminary processing earlier transportation to the Joint Intelligence Fusion Centre successful Maiduguri for further probe and profiling,” the service said.

The subject described the cognition arsenic a breakthrough successful ongoing efforts to dismantle violent enactment structures and disrupt logistics networks sustain...