The Nigerian Army says it has arrested some suppliers of drugs and logistics to Boko Haram insurgents following a stop and search conducted on motorists.
The Nigerian Army spokesperson, Usman Sani, said the arrests occurred between Depchi and Geidam in Geidam local government area of Yobe State.
“The arrested persons were also engaged in the supply of fuel in addition to hard drugs such as Cannabis (Indian hemp), Chlorofone substance (AKA Madaran suck and die) and Tramol, amongst others,” Sani said.
Sani also poked holes at the common belief that the insurgents are fighting a religious war, observing that most of the captured ones could not even recite the first chapter of the Qu’ran.
“When the Nigerian military captured their bases and training camps, they never found Qur’an or other Islamic books, what were mostly found were ammunitions, local charms, condoms and all sort of drugs including sex enhancing ones in their enclaves,” the spokesman stated, adding that the latest arrests confirmed this.
He called on members of the public to provide useful information to help the military end the Boko Haram insurgency and other criminal activities in the country.