Nigerian military busts Boko Haram cell responsible for Chibok schoolgirls, Gwoza Emir’s murder – DHQ
“Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011.”
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The Nigerian military on Monday said it has busted a major intelligence cell of the Boko Haram and arrested some of its leaders.
The cell, the military said, played a major role in the kidnap of over
250 girls in Chibok on April 14 and the murder of the Emir of Gwoza on
May 30.
In a statement by the spokesperson of the Defense
Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, the military said it arrested Babuji
Ya’ari, a man whom it said participated in both attacks
“The man,
Babuji Ya’ari, who is also a member of the Youth Vigilante Group
popularly known as Civilian JTF which he uses as cover while remaining
an active terrorist, also spearheaded the murder of the Emir of Gwoza,”
the military said. “Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks
in Maiduguri since 2011, including the daring attacks on Customs and
military locations as well as the planting of IEDs in several locations
in the town.”
Mr. Olukolade, a Major General, said the arrest of Mr.
Ya’ari led to the arrest of other members of the cell, including a
woman, Hafsat Bako, who was responsible for paying sect members and had
initially escaped to Gombe.
“Another female suspect named Haj Kaka
who doubles as an armourer and a spy for the terrorists group has also
been arrested,” he said.
About 217 of the teenage girls kidnapped
from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, are still in the custody
of the Boko Haram despite international efforts and condemnation. The
military had said it knew the whereabouts of the girls but would not use
force to free them to avoid casualties.
In an opinion he wrote for
the Washington Post last week, President Goodluck Jonathan said he was
not weak in his handling of the kidnap of the girls.
“I have had to
remain quiet about the continuing efforts by Nigeria’s military, police
and investigators to find the girls kidnapped in April from the town of
Chibok by the terrorist group Boko Haram,” the president said. “I am
deeply concerned, however, that my silence as we work to accomplish the
task at hand is being misused by partisan critics to suggest inaction or
even weakness.”
Mr. Jonathan’s statement comes amidst criticisms of
his government and the military’s handling of the Chibok kidnap and the
whole Boko Haram crisis, which has claimed over 13,000 lives since
2009.
Read Mr. Olukolade’s full statement of Monday below:
TROOPS BUST TERRORISTS’ INTELLIGENCE NETWORK … ARREST A KEY ACTOR IN CHIBOK ABDUCTION
A terrorists’ intelligence cell headed by a businessman who
participated actively in the abduction of School Girls in Chibok has
been busted by troops. The man, Babuji Ya’ari who is also a member of
the Youth Vigilante Group popularly known as Civilian JTF which he uses
as cover while remaining an active terrorist, also spearheaded the
murder of the Emir of Gwoza. His main role in the group is to spy and
gather information for the terrorists group.
Babuji has been
coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011, including
the daring attacks on Customs and military locations as well as the
planting of IEDs in several locations in the town.
The arrest of the
businessman who is known to deal in tricycles has also yielded some
vital information and facilitated the arrest of other members of the
terrorists’ intelligence cell who are women. One of them, Hafsat Bako
had earlier escaped to Gombe State to avoid suspicion but was tracked
and arrested. Prior to her arrest, Hafsat coordinated the payment of
other operatives on the payroll of the group. In her confession, she
disclosed that a minimum of N10,000 is paid to each operative depending
on the enormity of his task.
Another female suspect named Haj Kaka
who doubles as an armourer and a spy for the terrorists group has also
been arrested. Until their arrest, all the suspects actively operated a
terrorists’ intelligence cell in collaboration with others still at
large.
In another development, troops deployed in Goniri, Yobe
State, over the weekend, had an encounter with terrorists, resulting in
casualties on both sides after the attack was successfully repelled.
7/01/2014
Nigerian military busts Boko Haram cell responsible for Chibok schoolgirls, Gwoza Emir’s murder – DHQ “Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011.”
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