Boko Haram recruiting youths to supply fuel, NSCDC says

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno command on Sunday alerted that youths in Maiduguri, Borno State are being hired by Boko Haram insurgents to supply fuel in Gamboru Ngala.

The Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi who revealed this in Maiduguri, said the command had captured a reasonable quantity of fuel packaged in groundnut oil gallons, bound for Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

According to him, the terrorists group are running out of food and other supplies and employed every possible means to replenish stock.

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“The command had so far arrested a suspect, who confessed that he did not know the owner of the consignment. He later confessed that each of the five litres of fuel is sold at N15, 000 to the insurgents.

“You will recall we raised the alarm that some agents of Boko Haram were transporting stolen cows from Mafa, Kalabalge and Bomboshe axis in the state to cattle market in Maiduguri. The Boko Haram usually sends the cows to their agents in the city who will then sell them and repatriate either cash or fuel to the terrorists.”

By Ebere Ndukwu …

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