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  • Joint troops intercepts N60m ransom from security agencies

    Joint troops intercepts N60m ransom from security agencies

    Joint troops in the war against terrorism in Nigeria have intercepted N60 million being taken to criminals as ransom for the freedom of captives, by operatives of yet-to-be-disclosed security agencies.

     

    The military, in intelligence-driven operations, also rescued kidnapped victims including women and children.

     

    The assault conducted by a Nigerian Army squadron and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces took out a number of the bandits

     

    The contingent is of the 271 NAF in Birnin Gwari and Army Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Gwaska, Kaduna.

     

    “N60,000,000 in cash, petroleum products and sophisticated weapons, were recovered during the operations”, an operative said.

     

    “We will refer the case of the arrested couriers, who have identifications with security agencies, to the Department of State Service (DSS) and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) for further investigation.”

     

    Troops also recovered vehicles, AK-47 rifles, magazines, various kinds of ammunition and mobile phones.

     

    It was gathered that the DIA alerted the DSS and the military that some persons were to move questionable funds through Kaduna.

     

    “After the hint, the DSS and the military deployed Special Forces to the road. The suspects were caught and the hostages rescued “, a source said.

     

    It is unclear if the N60million intercepted was from a single operation nor if the victims were part of those seized after the March 28 deadly attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train.

  • U.S. sanction 6 Nigerians over involvement with Boko Haram

    U.S. sanction 6 Nigerians over involvement with Boko Haram

    Six Nigerians have been sanctioned by the United States for their support of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

     

    Disclosing this in a statement by the Department of States spokesperson, Ned Price, the U.S. listed the individuals as Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad.

    

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Musa, Adamu, Yusuf, Isa, Alhassan and Muhammad to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Boko Haram.

     

    The statement reads:” Today’s action follows the United Arab Emirates’ prosecutions, convictions, and designations of these individuals for supporting terrorism.

     

    “The Department of State designated Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and Specially Designated Global Terrorist organisation on November 14, 2013.

     

    “The Nigeria-based group is responsible for numerous attacks in the northern and northeastern regions of the country as well as in the Lake Chad Basin in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have killed thousands of people since 2009.”