Troops of 7 Division Garrison Nigerian Army in the Operation Lafiya Dole, have arrested a Boko Haram terror kingpin named John Trankil.
Trankil, one of those declared wanted by the Army, was nabbed at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri metropolis.
According to Colonel Tukur Ismail Gusau, Media Coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, the suspect confessed that nine of them were sneaked into Maiduguri, armed with AK 47 assault rifle each and a Hilux vehicle laden with 20 Improvised Explosive Devices meant to be detonated at some selected targets in the city.
The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar, commended the efforts of the troops and renewed call for the troops and the public to be more vigilant and security conscious particularly at all check points, markets, worship centres, motor parks and schools.
In a related development, troops of the 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, while on offensive operations in locations held by the Boko Haram terrorists, discovered and destroyed the terrorists’ Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and factory along Bama-Gonin Kurmi within the outskirts of Bama town, Borno State
The items recovered in the operation which was supported by the Nigerian Airforce, includes gas cylinders, welding machine, pipes and poles.
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Other items include locally made rocket shells, plenty of assorted chemicals, unprimed IEDs and various technical and laboratory equipment suspected to be stolen from schools’ laboratories around Bama before they were dislodged from the area.
