Boko Haram spy on the run

A spy for Boko Haram insurgents by name Dauda Sadiq (a.k.a Peter) is currently on the run, the Department of State Services (DSS) has said.

DSS Spokesman Tony Opuiyo said in a statement issued in Abuja: “On 24th August, 2015, the Service in liaison with Aviation Security of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, disrupted a spying network mounted by the Boko Haram terrorists.

"In the process, a fourteen (14) year old Sulaiymon ABDULRAMAN (a.k.a Sunday AJAYI), of Kogi State was apprehended. ABDULRAMAN has disclosed among others that he infiltrated the airport with the assistance of one Dauda SADIQ (a.k.a PETER) who is presently at large. ABDULRAMAN further revealed that Dauda SADIQ directed him to spy on the installation and pass to him information in respect of travelers’ movement including passenger screening, boarding procedures and other processes in the departure and arrival halls.”

Opuiyo assured that “with this knowledge, the Service is working closely with major Aviation stakeholders especially the Aviation Security Department to forestall any possible attack and to ensure adequate security at the airports. This is aside other measures which have been put in place to ensure protection of lives and property across the country.”

DSS, however, reminded members of the public to remain vigilant and patriotic by being security conscious at all times. “Also, the public is urged to report all issues and persons of suspicion to the nearest security agency. The public is further enjoined to assist with information that could be useful in stamping out insecurity with a view to making Nigeria safe.”.

Source News Expres

Boko Haram Runs Over Zoo Soldiers, 28 Perished

The Commanding Officer, 72 Special Forces Battalion, Makurdi, Timothy Lagbaja, has said that the battalion lost 28 soldiers to insurgency in the North-East and in Benue.

Mr. Lagbaja, a colonel, told newsmen in Makurdi on Wednesday that between 2012 and 2015, the battalion lost four officers and eight soldiers to the Tiv/Fulani and Agatu crises in Benue.

He said the remaining 16 were lost to insurgency in the North-East, while many others who sustained degrees of injuries were either flown abroad or treated in the country.

The commander said the battalion alone had deployed about 500 soldiers to serve in the special security outfit `operation Zenda’ to maintain internal security in the state.

According to him, the effort is paying off as weapons hitherto in the hands of wrong people have been recovered.

He said that the high criminality in the state had been reduced to “few isolated cases of killings’’

Source: PremiumTimes