terrorists was this morning nabbed in Daban Shata in
the suburbs of Baga Borno State.
The military intelligence had been trailing him till he
was eventually trapped in the early hours of Sunday.
He is presently undergoing interrogation.
In another development, troops on patrol yesterday
located 260 women and children in the outskirts of
Chalawa village in Adamawa state where they had been
held up while trying to escape from terrorists.
They have now been conveyed back to their various
communities in Madagali after undergoing the normal
security profiling.
Some of them disclosed that they had to abandon their
homes to escape from the terrorists when Madagali
came under their attack, while others were actually
abducted and taken there. The terrorists were however
sacked from the Madagali recently.
A number of terrorists however died in an encounter
with troops who caught up with them as they fled prior
to the recovery of the women and children.
Some of the terrorists still managed to escape with
varying degrees of gunshot wounds.
Others who were captured are now being interrogated
by intelligence officers.
A machine gun, some rounds of ammunition, as well as
some motorcycles and bicycles were also captured from
the terrorists.
A member of the vigilante group serving as guide to the
troops was however wounded.
Meanwhile the operation in Sambisa forest is
continuing as troops are methodically searching every
aspect of the expansive terrain.
Chris Oukolade
Director Defence Information
May 3, 2015
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