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