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 alleged supplier of fuel and food to terrorists
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.