Soldiers Arrest 3 Female Suspected Boko Haram kingpins

Three suspected female kingpins of the Boko Haram sect have been arrested , the Nigeria Army has said.

According to Col. Onyema Nwachukwu ,in a statement signed on behalf of the director of Defence information, Major-General Chris Olukoladhe  three suspected female terrorists are alleged to have been secretly recruiting ladies into the female wing of Boko Haram.

  The suspects — Hafsat Bako, Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar — were intercepted while travelling to Madagali in Adamawa from where they were to transit to the forest.

“Investigations revealed that the suspects, led by Hafsat, have the mission to recruit members into the female wing as well as conduct espionage for the group,”  “Hafsat’s link with the terrorists group had earlier been a subject of investigation in 2012, when security agents on a manhunt for one Usman Bako, her husband who was identified as a terrorist, stormed their residence in Jimeta.” the statement said

” The manhunt resulted in the discovery of an AK 47 rifle and two loaded magazines. The statement said Bako later died in an encounter with troops in Sokoto, where he had relocated to continue his terrorist activities. “Hafsat continued with the terror group, specialising in surreptitious recruitment of members into their fold. “The arrested three suspects were luring ladies, especially widows and young girls, by enticing them with male suitors who are mainly members of their terror group for marriage.

Before their arrest, they were on a mission to take additional briefing from the leadership of the terror group.” Revealing that their arrest has made information available to security agencies, Onyema disclosed that the suspects were operating as members of the intelligence team of a terrorist group.