Supplier of fuel & foodstuff to Boko Haram terrorists nabbed

 Military authorities prosecuting the battle to dislodge
the remnants of the Boko Haram terror group from
Sambisa forest disclosed yesterday that the supplier
of fuel and diesel to the terrorists for use in the
camps has been arrested.
The arrest according to sources followed the killing of
several of the terrorists who at one point, tried to
ambush Nigerian soldiers in the forest but met their
waterloo as soldiers who knew the modus operandi
of Boko Haram, had prepared for the ambush.
Vanguard had noted in the footage of the air and
ground bombardment of the camps of the terrorists,
many of the terrorists in their hundreds were seen
jumping into several pick up vans, trucks and
motorcycles and fleeing at very top speed even
inside the forest.
The question
that came to
mind had
been where
and how the
terrorist got
fuel to
energise
these trucks,
pick-up vans
and
motorcycles.
The arrest of
the supplier
who also
provides
foodstuff for
them is
however
expected to
cripple the
logistics
support that
has
emboldened
the terrorists.
Meanwhile, Operational videos showing how
Nigerians troops are battling and dislodging terrorists
inside the notorious Forest have shown the dexterity
of Nigerian Air Force pilots as masters of their trade.
In the videos shown by the Defence headquarters,
pilots are seen taunting the terrorists with hundreds
of the latter running for their lives and fleeing into
different directions.
In footage, the video depict how vulnerable women
and children were cautiously and deliberately guided
to safety by the Nigerian pilots.
An officer involved in the operation said: “Since the
essence of the operation is not to kill everybody in
sight, the Air Force pilots deploy their skills in
herding both terrorists and their captives in different
directions so that those conscripted and abducted
were guided to safety zone while the armed
terrorists met their waterloos.”
Since they invaded the notorious forest, the Nigerian
troops have rescued over 700 females and children.
In the first daring and precise operation, the troops
rescued about 300 women and girls while many
terrorists camps including Tokumbere were
destroyed.
In another operation, that involved Special Forces,
another set of 234 women and children were rescued
through the Kawuri and Konduga end of Sambisa
forest.
Military sources disclosed that the sustained
operations deep into the Sambisa forest is being
spearheaded by the Air Force through what an officer
called “tactical aerial bombardments and guided
reconnaissance” with the main objective of
decimating and clearing the terrorists from the
forest which is their last bastion.
Since this particular operation commenced, several
field commanders and foot soldiers of the terrorist
group have lost their lives with some armoured
personnel carriers, vehicles mounted with Anti-
Aircraft guns, and several trucks also destroyed by
the military.