Six persons have been captured by Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) forces in Mafa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno state. They are suspected of providing Boko Haram with logistics.
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, stated that the army came across these individuals during a routine search.
In a Saturday newspaper, he said that the suspects had been discovered in possession of a truck filled with N2 million worth of Arabic gum. Usman Gujja, Abu Hamman Dawud, Ramat Ibrahim, Hala Hadum, Alhaji Kawu, and Bulama Ali Boscoro are the suspects named by the magazine
Preliminary investigations have revealed that these suppliers receive items from the terrorists, sell them, and then return the profits to the terrorists.
The suspects have been handed over to the military intelligence unit for further investigation
This development follows the recent arrest of a suspected Boko Haram terrorist in the Askira Uba community of Borno state.