The troops of the Seventh Division on Sunday averted what would have
been a brutal Boko Haram siege on the Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
by arresting a top commander of the deadly sect who would have attacked
the city.The Media Coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Tukur Gusau, said
in a statement on Monday that the suspect identified as John Trankil,
was arrested with eight others at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri on Sunday.
He said that Trankil confessed during
interrogation that the nine insurgents sneaked into Maiduguri with a
Toyota Hilux vehicle to carry out attacks in selected parts of the city.
According to him, each of the terror
suspects, armed with AK 47 assault rifle, also had 20 Improvised
Explosive Devices prepared for detonation in selected areas of Maiduguri
during the planned siege.
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