- 40 foreigners were arrested
within one week within the deadly Sambisa forest following the recovering of
the forest from Boko Haram terrorists
- It is believed that the foreigners were providing “back-up”
for Boko Haram
At least, 40 foreigners were arrested
within one week within the deadly Sambisa forest following the recovering of
the forest from Boko Haram terrorists.
According to a report by The Nation, profiling of the foreigners
has started to determine whether or not they were working in cahoot with Boko
Haram insurgents.
A military source said
the identities of the foreigners and their missions in Sambisa Forest will not
be revealed untill after a thorough screening has been completed but it is
believed that the foreigners were providing “back-up” for Boko Haram.
”In the last one week since we launched
massive operations in Sambisa Forest, we have arrested over 40 foreigners.
“We will come up with the details later after the profiling of
these suspects. They are all being debriefed. But we discovered that there were
so many foreigners in the midst of Boko Haram.
“We have also rescued a lot of people who are being screened
too.”
Speaking further, a source told the newspaper that recovering
the forest from Boko Haram was no easy feat.
“As for the operations in Sambisa Forest, our gallant troops
have successfully taken over Camp Zero and Camp S (Shape) which are the
headquarters of Boko Haram.
“The success of the operations is
significant because there is no habitation beyond these areas in Sambisa
Forest. The area is about 66,000 sq kilometres and there are so many parts
uninhabited.
“Many insurgents, including their leaders, were killed and many
were captured. Many insurgents are now fleeing. The situation now is that Boko
Haram insurgents have been dispersed and dislocated.”
On the fate of the remaining Chibok girls, the source said: “The
fleeing Boko Haram insurgents must have relocated them from Sambisa Forest but
we are already hunting for them.”
But a DSS source said the invasion of Sambisa Forest had entered
the second phase, which is the pursuit of the fleeing insurgents.
The source said the operations in Sambisa were both
intelligence-driven and military onslaughts has resulted to the elimination of
the insurgents from the forest.
“We have
finished almost 90 per cent of the job with Boko Haram. We are now in the
second phase which is the most difficult. We are pursuing the fleeing Boko
Haram insurgents.
“The good thing is that we prepared for
this fallout (the fleeing of the insurgents) long before the takeover of
Sambisa Forest. We are trained professionals to curtail the effects of Boko
Haram insurgency, especially the fallout of routing them out.
“We are apprehending the fleeing insurgents. Even yesterday, we
took some of them in,"the security chief stated.
Meanwhile, Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the third most wanted terrorism suspect in the world. The suspect remains
unnamed because he is still “undergoing profiling”.
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