Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a suspected operative of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, over an alleged plot to attack two military formations in Borno State.
The suspect, identified as Muhammad Shuaibu, was arrested by troops of the 212 Battalion at the Forward Operating Base, FOB, Chabbol, following intelligence reports of a planned terrorist attack.
Quoting military sources, Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reported that Shuaibu was apprehended during a routine perimeter patrol conducted about 500 metres from the anti-vehicle ditch protecting the base.
According to the publication, the arrest followed what the military described as credible human intelligence indicating an imminent attack.
Preliminary investigations reportedly linked the suspect to a planned assault on the 199 Special Forces Battalion, also known as Mosquito Camp, and the Forward Operating Base in Chabbol.
