Posted on: 04:59 Sun, 27 Dec 2015



Press statement from the Nigerian
Army

Another catastrophe was averted in
Kaduna State and other contiguous
areas when troops of the Nigerian
Army arrested 7 suspected Boko
Haram terrorists bomb and
Improvised Explosive making
Devices (IEDs) specialists. The
terrorists were arrested in Kaduna
after painstaking surveillance and
proactive intelligence operations
over a period of time.

From all indications, the suspects
were in Kaduna to conduct suicide
bombings, kill and maim innocent
citizens in the state and other
surrounding areas during the
Christmas period. Recall that recently
in Maiduguri some of them were
arrested while trying to detonate
IEDs carried in food containers in
public places.

The arrest of these suspects would no
doubt assist in the fight against
terrorism in the country, more so as
the military have technically
defeated the Boko Haram terrorists
in the field, the terrorists have
resorted to attacking soft targets
through suicide bombings, IEDs and
harassing attacks on isolated
communities.

Therefore, the public is please
requested to continue to be more
vigilant and security conscious by
reporting suspicious persons and
their movements to security
agencies. This request has become
necessary because the terrorists have
resorted to mingling with the public
across the country after sensing the
futility of their encounter with
troops in the northeast.

Therefore, they adopt other methods
of perpetuating violence in the
society. Colonel Sani Kukasheka
Usman Acting Director Army Public
Relations