The Nigerian Army on Monday said women it captured among the 778 members of Boko Haram terrorists families were involved in acts of terrorism which included indoctrination of new kidnap victims and overseeing spoils of Kidnapping and armed robbery.
The terrorists family members from 17 northern states of the country were captured from Uttu community in Toto Local Government Area of Nassarawa and handed over to their State governors for rehabilitation by
Major General,Moundhey Ali, Commander,4 Special Forces Command on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff,Lt,Gen, Tukur Burutai at the command headquarters in Doma, Nassarawa state.
The Army General said the Boko Haram terrorists families were captured during a recent joint military operation code-named” Operation Nut Cracker” which was carried out by the Army, do Airforce,Navy the Nigeria Police Force as well as the Department of State Service.
Ali stated that the operation directed by the Chief of Army Staff following several complaints of killings, Kidnapping for ransom, abduction for sex slavery and cattle rustling among others was conducted to clear Boko Haram and bandits camps in Ugya,Panda and Uttu forests as well as contiguous hill in Nassarawa,Zagana,Makpa,Agbuchi and Barada in Koton Large LGA,Kogi State.
The camps according to him ,were established by the terrorists over the years as a base from where they unleashed mayhem on victims along Okene-Lokoja-Abaji and Toto-Umaisha roads and made socio -economic activities difficult.
The commander listed the states of origin of the captured Boko Haram terrorists family members who are women and children, as Niger,Kano, Katsina, Bauchi, Sokoto,Kebbi, Kaduna and Kogi, others are Borno, Adamawa, Nassarawa, Jigawa,Gombe, Kwara,Yobe, Zamfara and FCT.
Items recovered from the destroyed terrorists camps include improvised explosive devices, ammunition and materials for producing rockets.of which intelligence had proven were prepared to cause mayhem in the Federal Capital Territory.FCT. he said.attributing the feat of the operation to seamless cooperation and professional execution based on detailed preparation..
