Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Arrest ISWAP Recruitment Agents

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested three suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) recruitment agents in Banki town, Borno State.

Those arrested include Gajibo Kayama, 23; Tahiru Modu, 22; and Bulama Modu, 24.

They are suspected of targeting youths aged 17 to 20 from Banki for ISWAP activities in Adamawa State.

Sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspects were apprehended on Jan. 17 following a tip-off from the Banki District Head.

Intelligence operatives reportedly carried out a covert operation in Banki, intercepting the suspects as they attempted to recruit and transport youths for terrorist training.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects were former ISWAP members who had reportedly repented about five years ago but are now allegedly resuming recruitment efforts.

It was reported that the suspects have been handed over to the Military Intelligence Regiment for further interrogation and action.

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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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