8 Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ)?on Wednesday?said eight?of the suspected terrorists who perpetrated the Borno mayhem during the weekend had been apprehended in the outskirts of Maiduguri.
This is contained in a statement issued by Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information in Abuja.
The statement said the Special Forces have stepped up the mop-up, cordon and search operations “to ensure that the vestiges of terrorism are effectively?decimated.
“The DHQ has noted a number of attacks and killing of innocent citizens ostensibly carried out by terrorists in Yobe and Borno?in the last couple of days.
“Although this isolated incidents were undertaken by relocating terrorists, the whole trend and development remains unfortunate and condemnable.
“Nevertheless, the public is hereby reassured that these incidences are by no means indicative of a relapse in the counter-insurgency operation aimed at curbing terrorists? activities in the country.”
The statement quoted the DHQ as saying that rather, this trend of sneaking in to carry out isolated attacks on soft targets as a way of seeking attention is a typical end-game strategy often employed by insurgents all over the world.
It said in this instance, the recent activities are signs of desperation of a decimated insurgent group attempting to hang on to public consciousness.
With the destruction of their operational bases and camps by the Special Forces, the group?s centre of gravity had been effectively dislocated.
The statement added that this had made it impossible for them to have freedom of action to operate as they did previously.
The DHQ, however, urged?the public to continue to report any suspicious movement to security agents.