Olayemi Esan
The Nigerian Army, Thursday said that troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai have nabbed a notorious Boko Haram/ and ISWAP informant allegedly carrying out espionage activities on troops in the general area of Katarko village of Yobe State.
Director Army Public Relations, Brig. General Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement stated that the gallant troops also repelled an attack on Katarko village.
Nwachukwu explained that preliminary investigation has identified the nabbed informant as Abor Kawu who has confessed to monitoring and disclosing troops' whereabouts to the terrorists.
According to Army spokesperson, Kawu also revealed that more Boko Haram collaborators were deployed in the area to spy on the troops.
"Following this revelation, troops of Sector 2 have been placed on red alert to unravel the network of informants within the general area", he disclosed.
Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has commended troops of Sector 2 for their vigilance and tenacity; he also charged them to flush out terrorists' elements in the area.
The COAS urged law abiding citizens to continue to avail troops with credible information to enhance operational efficiency in order to defeat criminals in the commuities.
The Chief of Army Staff visited the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Department of Land Warfare as part of his ongoing visit to the college for graduation ceremony of 43 Senior Course of the prestigious military institution.
While inspecting the fully digitalized ultra-model facility and other ongoing construction work at the wing, the COAS emphasised the need to infuse jointness into all training exercises of the institution.
He noted that whatever success has been so far made in military operations against insurgency, banditry and other sundry crimes in the country, is as a result of jointness of the services in synergy with other security agencies.
