Nigerian Troops Arrest Four Suspected Boko Haram Collaborators, Intercept 20 Terrorists’ Family Members

The troops also intercepted 20 suspected family members of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) fighters fleeing a terrorist enclave.

The Nigerian Army has said that its troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, have arrested four suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) collaborators in separate intelligence-led operations across Yobe and Borno states.

The troops also intercepted 20 suspected family members of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) fighters fleeing a terrorist enclave.

The military in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, Captain Mohammed Goni, said that the arrests formed part of ongoing efforts to disrupt terrorist logistics networks and cut off supplies sustaining insurgent activities in the North-East.

Goni said troops of the 159 Battalion under Sector 2 carried out a cordon-and-search operation in Geidam Town, Yobe State, on August 3 following credible intelligence, leading to the arrest of two suspected terrorist collaborators.