Police Arrest Driver Supplying Fuel, Food To Boko Haram Insurgents

The Police Command in Borno said on Sunday that it had arrested a driver, Malam Modu Mustapha, suspected to be purchasing fuel and food items for Boko Haram insurgents.Mr Damian Chukwu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said in Maiduguri that the suspect was arrested after a tip-off by members of the public.The police have received information that one Modu Mustapha of Jumptilo village was a terrorists collaborator, who buys fuel and food for them, at Alagarno and other hideout.The police descended on the suspect, who has confessed to the crime, he said.Chukwu alleged that the driver usually fetched firewood in the bush, from where he was suspected to have met the terrorists.He said that he had been buying things for the insurgent group.We recovered N10, 000 from the suspect, which the terrorists gave him to buy bicycle spare parts for them, said the commissioner.The commissioner said the suspect also named 15 other firewood vehicle drivers, who engaged in similar crime.According to him, the Police are yet to establish the motive of the driver buying things for the insurgents.We have not been able to establish his reasons for buying things for them, whether he is under the influence of spell, coerced into doing it, or doing it willingly as their collaborator, Chukwu said.(NAN)
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