By: Kingsley Omonobi
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai has arrested a soldier declared wanted by the Nigerian Army over his alleged involvement in supplying military accoutrements to terrorist groups operating in the North-East.
The wanted soldier was intercepted while trying to flee to Cameroon.
Sources in Maiduguri disclosed that the suspect, identified as 23NA/84/1939 Private Mohammed Yusuf of the Nigerian Army Ordnance Training Facility (NAOTF), Lagos, was apprehended at about 6:30 p.m. on July 25 by troops of 7 Provost Group led by the acting commander.
Preliminary investigations revealed that before he was declared wanted by the army, the soldier absconded from his unit and travelled to Maiduguri on July 7, where he allegedly went into hiding.
