About 900 alleged family members and accomplices of Boko Haram/ISWAP rebels have reportedly been detained, according to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) forces in Sectors 3 and 4.
This was said in a statement released on Wednesday by Lt. Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, the MNJTF’s Chief Military Public Affairs Officer in N’Djamena, Chad.
According to Adegoke, the infighting between the terrorist organisations Boko Haram and ISWAP, as well as the consequences of the MNJTF and other national operations bombardment, particularly the effects of the air strikes, had caused them to move.
He revealed that during the course of the previous month, big groups of people had been moving continuously from the Sambisa woods to the Lake Chad region.
“In a joint coordinated operation between Sectors 3 and 4 of the MNJTF in the Kamadougu Yobe River general area, along the Nigeria/Niger common border areas, more than 900 people, including women, children, and elderly people, who were thought to be families and accomplices of the insurgents, were detained.
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The process of working with national authorities, followed by profiling and handover, is still underway.
Meanwhile, Sector 4 military personnel carried out a nighttime patrol along the Ngagam-Djalori Axis and saved four people, including three women and their three children, who were attempting to flee the fighting in Sambisa Forest between Boko Haram and ISWAP.
“In a similar upbeat event, on March 8, forces from Sector 3 Nigeria stationed in Damasak, apprehended 70 members of the terrorists’ family, including 43 women and 30 children.
He continued, “They are being profiled and getting medical care right now.
The MNJTF forces of Sector 3 Nigeria began responding to the developing crisis on March 5, according to Adegoke.
He said that this was in response to the detention of Mohammed Sabo and Sarki Danladi, two alleged Boko Haram accomplices and logistical providers, as they attempted to leave Munguno town for the Tumbuns to join the militants.
Two blankets, two fisherman identity cards, three wristwatches, two access passes that the terrorists had provided, 20 empty sack bags, and other personal goods were among the things that were taken from the suspects, according to him.
He also stated that on March 4, during a stop-and-search operation along the main supply route between Monguno, Kekeno, Cross Kauwa, and Baga, two suspects were detained for allegedly transporting some wrappers and other supplies to the terrorists.
