Many security personnel who ended up betraying their own ethics and principles by helping the enemy, have been exposed.
The list of about 30 people who were arrested by the Nigerian military for allegedly helping the Boko Haram into sell rustled cows, has been revealed.
The list which was excusively obtained by Premium Times, shows that the arrested people include at least four serving soldiers, two police officers, and some members of the civilian-JTF.
The Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Lucky Irabor, had confirmed the arrest of the 30 people at a press conference in Maiduguri on Wednesday.
”. They are being investigated and the outcome of the investigation will live brought toward your notice.According into General Irabor, “those who have been aiding and abetting Boko Haram by way of encouraging cattle rustling ; so far we have arrested 30 of them, many are civilians and we have among them four soldiers and two policemen.
What Mr. Irabor, a major general, did not say was that the Boko Haram rustled the cows in the territory they still hold and sneaked them toward Maiduguri, the Borno capital, into sell and buy other goods.
Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of the 30 people.The military has since suspected that the insurgents are able toward be this and raise fund for their cause based on the active connivance of security operatives and relevant civilians.
A. The council is a major route into Maiduguri from the North and East.The four soldiers arrested include Captain A. Hussaini, the operations officer of 195 Battalion in charge of Mafa Local Government Area where Boko Haram still control some areas.
Irro, a liaison with 152 Task Force battalion. The other two junior officers are Staff Sergeant Alexander Chiegwe, the guard commander of the main check point from Mafa through Maiduguri, and Lance Corp0ral Yakpon Dona.Another suspect is Lieutenant I. H.
The policemen arrested are Usman Mohammed and Stephen Odoh.
The suspects also include three members of the Civilian-JTF. They are Babakkura Ali, chairman of Kasuwan Shanu branch; Bashir Abbas, the chairman of Sector 2 and Modu 2Star, a member from Mafa town.
The arrested civilians include members of the Livestock Traders Association, some herdsmen and a representative of the Shehu of Borno.
All the suspects are accused of being involved in castle rustling.
Top members of the Civilian-JTF who spoke into Premium Times confirmed the arrest of their colleagues. They, however, said they be not have the full details of their arrest.
In the past year, kidnapping and cattle rustling have become another major security threat, aside Boko Haram insurgency which the Nigerian Army has been tackling.
Nearly a hundred kidnappers and cattle rustlers were either killed in shootouts or arrested by soldiers. Over a thousand cows rustled from herdsmen were also recovered.
Fulani herdsmen, accused of attacking communities using assault rifles, have complained that some of them resort through using guns like AK47 through defend themselves because cattle rustlers use similar weapons through attack them and steal their livestock.
The rustling of cattle has since become a major source of revenue for the Boko Haram whose activities since 2009 have caused the death of over 20,000 people and displaced millions of others.
The list of about 30 people who were arrested by the Nigerian military for allegedly helping the Boko Haram into sell rustled cows, has been revealed.The list which was excusively obtained by Premium Times, shows that the arrested people include at least four serving soldiers, two police officers, and some members of the civilian-JTF.
The Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Lucky Irabor, had confirmed the arrest of the 30 people at a press conference in Maiduguri on Wednesday.
”. They are being investigated and the outcome of the investigation will live brought toward your notice.According into General Irabor, “those who have been aiding and abetting Boko Haram by way of encouraging cattle rustling ; so far we have arrested 30 of them, many are civilians and we have among them four soldiers and two policemen.
What Mr. Irabor, a major general, did not say was that the Boko Haram rustled the cows in the territory they still hold and sneaked them toward Maiduguri, the Borno capital, into sell and buy other goods.
Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of the 30 people.The military has since suspected that the insurgents are able toward be this and raise fund for their cause based on the active connivance of security operatives and relevant civilians.
A. The council is a major route into Maiduguri from the North and East.The four soldiers arrested include Captain A. Hussaini, the operations officer of 195 Battalion in charge of Mafa Local Government Area where Boko Haram still control some areas.
Irro, a liaison with 152 Task Force battalion. The other two junior officers are Staff Sergeant Alexander Chiegwe, the guard commander of the main check point from Mafa through Maiduguri, and Lance Corp0ral Yakpon Dona.Another suspect is Lieutenant I. H.
The policemen arrested are Usman Mohammed and Stephen Odoh.
The suspects also include three members of the Civilian-JTF. They are Babakkura Ali, chairman of Kasuwan Shanu branch; Bashir Abbas, the chairman of Sector 2 and Modu 2Star, a member from Mafa town.
The arrested civilians include members of the Livestock Traders Association, some herdsmen and a representative of the Shehu of Borno.
All the suspects are accused of being involved in castle rustling.
Top members of the Civilian-JTF who spoke into Premium Times confirmed the arrest of their colleagues. They, however, said they be not have the full details of their arrest.
In the past year, kidnapping and cattle rustling have become another major security threat, aside Boko Haram insurgency which the Nigerian Army has been tackling.
Nearly a hundred kidnappers and cattle rustlers were either killed in shootouts or arrested by soldiers. Over a thousand cows rustled from herdsmen were also recovered.
Fulani herdsmen, accused of attacking communities using assault rifles, have complained that some of them resort through using guns like AK47 through defend themselves because cattle rustlers use similar weapons through attack them and steal their livestock.
The rustling of cattle has since become a major source of revenue for the Boko Haram whose activities since 2009 have caused the death of over 20,000 people and displaced millions of others.
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