According to a vigilante youth, Yakubu Isa, the terror suspects came in two pickup vehicles with empty drums to buy fuel at one of the petrol stations on Bama road.
“I took courage to mobilize some of our members to the petrol station, because the three suspects were in military uniform taking fuel at the station, but the soldiers patrolling this road do not refuel their vehicles at any of the petrol stations, but at a single designated point in the Government Reservation Area (GRA).
“When we confronted them, one of them said that the fuel is for their generating sets. When their explanations were not convincing to us, I alerted the soldiers in that sector, and we handed them over for further investigation”.
On how the other three suspects were arrested, he said: “they sneaked into Maiduguri last night to replenish their food items and fuel at a shop on Damboa road. They used two vehicles, before we intercepted and arrested them on this road. With these evidences we found on these insurgents, we handed them to soldiers for further investigation”.
A military officer attached to one of the Joint Task Force (JTF) sectors in Maiduguri, who spoke in confidence, confirmed the incident.
Prior to the arrests, gunmen suspected to be members of the sect attacked the border village of Wala in Gwoza council area of Borno State, killing three residents.
Four villagers were also injured in the attack which also led to the setting ablaze of houses and shops.
Confirming the incident, the former council chairman, Dr Ibrahim Bulama said the insurgents came on two motorcycles from the Sambisa Forest, before attacking the village in the early hours of Monday.
He said other property destroyed in last Monday’s attacks included five houses and three shops, located on the Maidugri-Gwoza road, adding that with the arrival of soldiers to the village on Tuesday, the villagers are going on with their daily activities.
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