Troops Rescue More Chibok Girls, Arrest Foreign Terrorist Informant in Abuja

Troops Rescue More Chibok Girls, Arrest Foreign Terrorist Informant in Abuja

  • Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a foreign terrorist logistics supplier and arms dealer, identified as Abatcha Bukar, has been arrested in Abuja
  • The defense headquarters who disclosed this also revealed that the troops arrested 13 terrorists in Borno
  • The military added that 3 Chibok girls and 9 other kidnapped victims were also rescued by the security operatives

FCT, Abuja - The Defence Headquarters has said that troops of Operation Hadin Kai arrested a terrorist informant in the Asokoro area of the FCT, Abuja.

The army authority also revealed that a foreign terrorist logistics supplier and arms dealer identified as Abatcha Bukar and 13 other terrorists were also arrested in Borno, The Punch reported.

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Troops rescue three Chibok girls in Borno Photo Credit: UGC
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The update was given by the director of media operations, Major General Musa Danmadami, while briefing journalists on the armed forces' activities between August 25 and September 8.

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Danmadami also disclosed that three abducted Chibok girls and 19 other hostages were rescued within the period under review.

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Danmadami said:

“A suspected foreign logistic supplier and arms dealer to the Boko Haram terrorists/Islamic State of West Africa Province named Abatcha Bukar was arrested with assorted injections, two Automated Teller Machine cards and N294, 520.00."

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