Nigerian military arrests teenage terrorist logistics courier
A 15-year-old suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics courier in Ngamdu, Borno, linking him to recent attacks in the area has been arrested by the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)
Penpushing reports that security source said the suspect was apprehended on Sunday while attempting to procure supplies for insurgents operating along the Ngamdu–Benisheik corridor, adding that teenager confessed during preliminary interrogation to participating in recent attacks on Benisheik and Ngamdu.
The source added that the suspect confessed that the fighters mobilised from Jilli in Gubio Local Government Area before carrying out the attacks, adding that they(terrorists) came from Jilli and returned there afterwards
“Before the attack, we came from Jilli and returned there afterwards. I was sent from Jilli with N850,000 to collect supplies from Ngamdu, but I was arrested by troops. I left behind other fighters at the Jilli enclave but cannot confirm developments there now following recent military airstrikes’, the suspect said
Penpushing further reports that the military sources, however, said the suspect disclosed that he was redeployed from Jilli on Saturday with N850,000 to procure logistics for other ISWAP fighters.
The military source added that the arrest provided further insight into Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) a Salafi-jihadist militant group operational and logistics network, highlighting Jilli as a staging ground.
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