Medical Doctor, 8 Others Apprehended For Being Boko Haram Informant - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 27, 2021
The Niger State government has arrested nine persons, including a medical doctor, for being Boko Haram informants. Abdulberqy Ebbo, the director-general of strategic operations, ICT and public enlightenment unit at the Niger State Government House, claimed the men confessed to revealing the movements of troops to Boko Haram fighters.
The medical doctor in custody also confessed of leaking information on troops movements to bandits, Ebbo said.
The governor of the state Sani Bello said on Monday evening that the terror group has hoisted its flag in parts of the state.
He added Boko Haram insurgents have been carrying out a campaign of terror in Nigeria’s northeast for over two decades.
Although Boko Haram insurgents have been largely confined to the northeast, Niger State has been seeing an uptick in the activities of the terror in recent months leading to the abduction of 27 students of Government Science College (GSC) Kagara and 14 others including teachers were abducted when armed bandits attacked their school in February.
To his notice, many people have also being killed or kidnapped in the state by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram fighters.
Bello said at least 50m communities are under the control of the group. He said he feared the group may want to establish a base in the state.
“They’ve taken over the territory, they’ve installed their flag,” Bello said. “I am confirming that now. They’ve taken over the wives of people by force”, he said.
“Boko Haram elements are trying to use these areas as their home just like they did in Sambisa.”