Boko HaramTwo Fuel Supplier To Boko Haram Arrested In Yobe State

Troops of Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI on Saturday have arrested two fuel suppliers after they raided a suspected Boko Haram terrorist logistics base in Gujba, Yobe State.

The director, Army public relations, Brig Gen Mohammed Yerima, said the troops following a sting operation nabbed two suspected Boko Haram logistics suppliers and recovered 11 jerricans loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol, six jerricans of Automotive Gas Oil and nine empty jerricans hidden in different locations in Gujba.

He said the suspects are currently in custody for preliminary investigations and would be handed over for prosecution by relevant agencies.

The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya, while appreciating the troops, enjoined them to sustain the tempo and clear all suspected fortress and hideouts of criminal elements.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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