Nigerian Army Arrests Alleged Boko Haram ‘Financier’

Nigerian troops have arrest­ed a sus­pect­ed financier of the extrem­ist sect, Boko Haram, the army said Tuesday. Mohammed Maina, who sells and sup­plies stim­u­lants used by the insur­gents, was arrest­ed in Bama, Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State,

the army said. “The sus­pect a native of Ngurosoye came from Shuari vil­lage in Bama LGA, he was arrest­ed with the sum of One Million Naira cash and some items,” the army said in a state­ment by its spokesper­son, Sani Usman, a colonel.

“Investigation revealed that Mohammed sup­plies them Kolanuts and oth­er items espe­cial­ly stim­u­lants. He fur­ther revealed that kolanuts is in high demand among the ter­ror­ists as it keeps them active at night.“It is appar­ent also that he plies Maiduguri-Dikwa-Kulli axis where he gath­ers mon­e­tary and oth­er mate­ri­als con­tri­bu­tions from Boko Haram sym­pa­thiz­ers along that axis and send same to the ter­ror­ists camps,” the state­ment said. Separately, the army said troops of 112 Battalion and Special Forces in Mafa and Dikwa raid­ed a Boko Haram camp at Bulungwa Naibe in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday.

“During the oper­a­tion, quite a num­ber of the Boko Haram ter­ror­ists were killed and the fol­low­ing items were recov­ered; 1 Buffalo vehi­cle mount­ed with an Anti-Aircraft Gun, a Rocket Propelled Grenade, 2 Machine Guns and 1 Sub-machine Gun. Others include 5 AK-47 rifles, 1 Fabrique Nationale rifle and 2 Sewing Machines used for sewing uni­forms by the ter­ror­ists,” the state­ment said.
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