Terrorists’ food, fuel supplier arrested

A statement by Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade said: “The military intelligence had been trailing him till he was eventually trapped in the early hours of Sunday. He is presently undergoing interrogation.”
He also said troops on patrol yesterday located 260 women and children in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa State where they had been held up while trying to escape from terrorists.
Olukolade added that they have now been conveyed back to their various communities in Madagali after undergoing the normal security profiling.
“A number of terrorists however died in an encounter with troops who caught up with them as they fled prior to the recovery of the women and children,” Olukolade said.
He said some of the terrorists managed to escape with degrees of gunshot wounds. Others who were captured are now being interrogated by intelligence officers.
Olukolade further said a machine gun, some rounds of ammunition, as well as some motorcycles and bicycles were captured from the terrorists. A member of the vigilante group serving as guide to the troops was however wounded.