SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM FOOD AND FUEL SUPPLIER NABBED BY NIGERIAN TROOPS

The Nigerian army says it has arrested a man suspected to be the supplier of fuel and food to members of the Boko Haram sect at Daban Shata, a surburb of Baga in Borno State.
The Director of Defence, Major General Chris Olukolade said the military intelligence has been on the trail of the suspect until he was picked up on Sunday.
The director of Defence also said additional 260 women and children were rescued near Chalawa village in Adamawa State.
"A man, who specialises in supplying fuel and food to terrorists, was this morning nabbed in Daban Shata in the suburbs of Baga Borno State.
"The military intelligence had been trailing him till he was eventually trapped in the early hours of Sunday. He is presently undergoing interrogation
"In another development, troops on patrol yesterday (Saturday) located 260 women and children in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa State, where they had been held up while trying to escape from the terrorists.
"They have now been conveyed back to their various communities in Madagali after undergoing the normal security profiling.
"Some of them disclosed that they had to abandon their homes to escape from the terrorists when Madagali came under attack, while others were actually abducted and taken here. The terrorists were sacked from Madagali recently", Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade said.