confirmed toSaharaReportersthat a
combined team of Nigerian soldiers,
police, and operatives of the State
Security Service (SSS) has rounded up
top Boko Haram 'commanders' after
combing several locations in Kaduna
State this week. The source said the
captured Boko Haram "commanders"
were the brains behind a series of
violent attacks carried out in the state
in recent weeks. He added that they
were caught as they planned tolaunch
new attacksin the town of
Kadunaduring the Sallah festivities.
The military source stated that security
operatives recovered extensive
incriminating evidence from the
captured leaders of the extremist
Islamist leaders. "We got evidence
from them to suggest their direct
affiliation with Boko Haram and also
that they were part and parcel of the
recent attacks," he said. The source
also disclosed that his combined team
also captured several foot soldiers of
the Boko Haram sect, adding that they
were under interrogation. The joint
military-SSS raid that netted the Boko
Haram members was carried out in the
Rigasa District in Kaduna State. "The
operations brought us face to face to
the reality that we must intensify our
operations. We are using patrols and
other strategies we will not talk about
now to contain any plans by them
[Boko Haram] during Sallah festivities,"
the military officer said. (Sahara
Reporters)
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