Troops of 33 Brigade Nigerian Army at Yuga, Toro Local Government
Area of Bauchi State, have arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist,
Aliyu Ahmed (alias Aliko).
Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, Director of Army Public Relations in a statement on Saturday, said Aliko was arrested on Friday from his hideout, following a tip-off, and was found to be in possession of 1 Single barrel gun and 1 Dane gun.
Usman
said during preliminary interrogation, the suspect confessed that he
actively participated in several Boko Haram terrorists’ attacks and also
owned an AK-47 Rifle which lost during one of the attacks they carried
out in 2016.
In another operation, troops of
Bravo Company, 120 Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade, Nigerian Army
intercepted four child traffickers at Katarko on Friday.
The
suspects were intercepted while conveying 19 under aged children from
Potiskum to Garin Tuwo, Bungai and Buni Yadi in Gujba Local Government
Area of Yobe State and Galarabala in Biu Local Government Area of Borno
State.
Both the suspected traffickers and
their victims have been moved to the Brigade Headquarters for transfer
to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
(NAPTIP).
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