Soldiers arrest mastermind of Chibok girls’ abduction

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(Nigeria) The Defence Headquarters said in Abuja on Monday that it had smashed a terrorists’ intelligence cell headed by a businessman, who participated actively in the abduction of Chibok school girls in Borno State in April.
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade in a statement named the man as Babuji Ya’ari, who is also a member of the Youth Vigilance Group popularly known as Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF.
``He uses the JTF as cover while remaining an active terrorist. He spearheaded the murder of the Emir of Gwoza.’’

It said his main role in the group was to spy and gather information for the terrorists group.
It also said that Babuji had been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011, including the daring attacks on Customs and military locations as well as the planting of IEDs in several locations in the town.
The statement said the arrest of the businessman who is known to deal in tricycles has also yielded some vital information and facilitated the arrest of other members of the terrorists’ intelligence cell who are women.
It said one of them, Hafsat Bako, had earlier escaped to Gombe State to avoid suspicion but was tracked and arrested.
The statement said prior to her arrest, Hafsat coordinated the payment of other operatives on the payroll of the group.
It said ``in her confession, she disclosed that a minimum of N10,000 was paid to each operative depending on the enormity of his task.’’
Another female suspect named Haj Kaka who doubles as an armourer and a spy for the terrorists group, the release said, had also been arrested.
It said until their arrest, all the suspects actively operated a terrorists’ intelligence cell in collaboration with others still at large.
The statement also said that troops deployed in Goniri, Yobe, over the weekend, had an encounter with terrorists, resulting in casualties on both sides after the attack was successfully repelled.

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