Four Boko Haram logistics suppliers were arrested in Borno by the Nigerian Army as part of its renewed effort to suppress the insurgents’ economy.
The disclosure was made by the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, during the destruction of four vehicles and other items seized from the insurgents in Maiduguri.
He expressed concern over the attitude of some traders and commercial vehicle operators who took logistics to the insurgents in their hideout. Adeniyi stated that the military had banned sales of fuel and other essential commodities to the insurgents to starve them of funds and other logistics.
“There are no petrol stations in the Sambisa Forest, Algarno, Baga, and Gwoza; the logistics sustaining the insurgents is coming from Maiduguri, Damaturu and other settlements. Some commercial vehicle operators fabricated their tanks to a 200-liter capacity, to enable them to supply and sell petrol to the insurgents at the rate of N245 per liter.
“Troops at check points arrested four vehicles on their way to deliver large consignment of logistics to the insurgents in the hinterland. The insurgency will have stopped if not for the people who patronise them; our effort is to arrest illegal business aiding the insurgency. Boko Haram logicians will neither be tolerated nor ignored, anybody who engage or allow his vehicle to transport insurgents’ logistics would be prosecuted because you are part of them and an enemy of the state.” Adeniyi said (NAN)