Nigerian Army troops on Sunday arrested a Boko Haram kingpin, Mr. John Trankil, at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri metropolis.
According to Army spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman, "the suspect said that 9 of them were sneaked into Maiduguri armed with AK 47 assault rifle each and a Hilux vehicle laden with 20 Improvised Explosive Devices meant to be detonated at some selected targets in the city."
The Army has called on its troops and the public to be more vigilant and security conscious particularly at all check points, markets, worship centres, motor parks and schools.
In a related development, troops with support from the Nigerian Airforce discovered and destroyed the terrorists’ Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Rocket making factory along Bama-Gonin Kurmi within the outskirts of Bama town, Borno State.
Among recovered items are gas cylinders, welding machine, pipes and poles, locally made rocket shells, large quantity of assorted chemicals, unprimed IEDs and various technical and laboratory equipment.
The technical and laboratory equipment were suspected to have been stolen from schools’ laboratories around Bama before the terrorists were dislodged from the area by the Nigerian troops.
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