Army Arrests Three Female Undercover Operatives of Boko Haram
The Nigerian on Friday released a statement that it arrested three women
who worked as undercover operatives for Boko Haram.
According to the statement, the suspects, Hafsat Usman Bako, Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar were intercepted while traveling to Madagali from where they were to transit to the forest to reunite with their cohorts.
The Defence Directorate said, investigations revealed that the suspects,
led by Hafsat Bako, have the mission to recruit members into the female wing
as well as conduct espionage for the group. Hafsat’s link with the
terrorists group had earlier been a subject of investigation in 2012, when
security agents on a manhunt for one Usman Bako, her
husband who was
identified as a terrorist, stormed their residence in Jimeta. This
resulted in the discovery of an AK 47 rifle and 2 loaded
magazines. Though Usman Bako later died in an encounter with
troops in Sokoto where he had relocated to continue his terrorist
activities, Hafsat continued with the terror group specializing in
surreptitious recruitment of members into their fold.
The arrested trio suspects were luring ladies especially widows and young girls by enticing them with male suitors who are mainly members of their terror group for marriage. Before their arrest, they were on a mission to take additional briefing from the leadership of the terror group. The trio has been operating together as members of the intelligence team of the group. Their arrest has yielded information still being verified by security agencies.
The Director of Defence Information, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu said in his
statement.
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