Suspected Female Boko Haram Terrorist Arrested By JTF

Members of Borno Vigilance Youths Group (BVYG) and the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Thursday arrested a Boko Haram female terror suspect, along with a 35-year old man, suspected to be an informant to the terrorist group that engages women in the smuggling and carrying of rifles and ammunitions to launch attacks.

According to JTF sources yesterday in Maiduguri, the vigilance youths have already arrested five female Boko Haram terror suspects with rifles and 254 rounds of ammunitions in three wards of the metropolis.

The youths, the sources said, arrested the woman and a man, during their routine “stop and search” operations. Also a reliable security source said, “residents of Maiduguri and Jere Metropolis are being warned to be careful with women whom they associate with, as an intelligent report have it that some female Boko Haram suspects have intensified plans to break/ sneak into households and put deadly poison substances into their food items.”

The source added that the new tactics was being adopted as some of the method in the fight against security agencies.

Ibrahim Isa, a vigilance youth of Gomari told our correspondent yesterday that the arrested female Boko Haram terror suspect sneaked into Ajelari ward area along with 11 other girls to poison water points and underground water reservoirs of residents in Bulunkutu and Gomari wards of Maiduguri. He however said: “We were able to arrest this woman with a rifle and ammunitions hid under her flowing veil in a tricycle.

The 35-year old man was also arrested in Bulunkutu ward. Based on the identities of this man, our boys were also able to confirm that the man does not carry any rifle, after he sneaked into this area to collate information on our activities and the JTF in Maiduguri. “The other 11 girls, armed with poison for water points and underground water reserviours, are on the run.

But we will get them, as we intensify our search and massive hunt for fleeing Boko Haram sect members in Maiduguri.”

Confirming the incident yesterday in Maiduguri, JTF spokesman, Lt. Col Sagir Musa, said that terrorists do not rely and remain with one tactics of attacks and killings, as the Boko Haram sect has commenced employing women to smuggle more arms and ammunitions for terrorists’ activities in Borno State.” He said some women were arrested by the vigilance youths in three wards this week, while arms and poison were also recovered from the female terror suspect