Troops intercept vehicle carrying suspected ISWAP logistics

Nigerian troops person intercepted a conveyance suspected to beryllium carrying logistics linked to Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP.

This was made known successful a station connected X connected Tuesday by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and information adept successful Lake Chad region.

Makama said the cognition was carried retired by troops of the Forward Operating Base, FOB, Chabbal of Operation HADIN KAI, North East.

Makama said helium was informed by quality sources that the troops, conducting regular checkpoint and hunt operations connected February 26, stopped a Toyota pickup motortruck on the Maiduguri–Gubio main proviso route.

According to the report, the troops recovered ample textile fabrics reportedly utilized by terrorists, 20 Hilux tyre tubes, motorcycle spare parts, 10 cutlasses, and 3 mobile phones, each hidden nether planks successful the conveyance during the search.

The tyres were besides suspected to beryllium linked to ISWAP logistics operations.

“Three antheral occupants of the conveyance were detained and, on with the recovered items, handed implicit to the 7 Mechanised Infantry Brigade for further probe and quality gathe...