Troops arrest two suspected Boko Haram members in Borno

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, person arrested 2 suspected Boko Haram members during a clearance cognition conducted on the Mandaragirau–Kurtum axis successful Borno State.

The Nigerian Army made this known successful a station connected X, saying the cognition was carried retired astatine astir 10:00 a.m. connected July 22 by troops of the 162 Amphibious Battalion successful conjunction with members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, section hunters and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN.

According to the post, the associated information team, mounted connected a weapon motortruck and 10 motorcycles, conducted the cognition on the Mandaragirau–Kurtum route, extending to the Nguma country arsenic portion of ongoing efforts to wide suspected violent hideouts and contradict insurgents state of movement.

It revealed that during the operation, troops apprehended 2 suspected Boko Haram members identified arsenic Sidi Shagari, 42, and Abubakar Sadiq, popularly known arsenic “Buba,” 25, some natives of Birni successful Biu Local Government Area of Borno State.

The station besides stated that items recovered from the suspects included 2 mobile phones, three...