By ALBERT AKPOR
… Boko Haram uses petrol tankers, camels to
convey arms
DETERMINED to consolidate and
perpetrate their reigns of terror in the
northern states of the country
against all known security apparatus
put in place by the federal
government, members of the Islamic
fundamentalist sect otherwise known
as Boko Haram, now move their arms
and ammunition from one state to
another in petrol tankers. Crime
Guard authoritatively scooped that
the group also uses designated
mosques as their armory.
According to sources, most of the
sect’s weapons entered the country
through the Apapa Wharf and the
northern borders of Chad, Mali and
Niger Republic and are evacuated
into tankers with the alleged
assistance of some members of the
authorized security agents at these
borders suspected to be members of
the group.
Camels to the rescue
The tankers would normally sail
through all checkpoints until they get
to their destination where the
contents are again evacuated into
designated mosques. Camels are
said to be equally used in this
movement of arms and ammunition.
Sources said a curious policeman
attached to Wuronu Division in Borno
state stopped some of these beasts
of burden normally loaded with grains
coming into the country through
these northern borders only to
discover l54 ammunition and two AK
47 Assault riffles carefully hidden in
babaringa of two members of the
sect escorting the camels. Both the
animals and the sect members were
arrested and have been transferred
to the Force headquarters, Abuja for
further investigation.
It was alleged that a prominent
northerner and one time military
head of state (names withheld) was
behind the recent tactics. The
source further stated the former
military leader had at a time called
and notified a senior Custom’s Officer
at the Apapa wharf when one of the
containers of weapons of destruction
arrived to ensure that it was not
inspected.
He was alleged to have equally
mandated the customs officer whom
he facilitated his enlistment into the
organization to ensure that he
supervised the trans load of the
weapons from the container to the
tankers. The whole exercise was
said to have taken place at the dead
of the night. Sources hinted further
that the recent tricks was aimed at
outwitting eagle-eyed security
personnel including the Joint Task
Force JTF at the various checkpoints
in the troubled states.
Fake NNPC inscription
Investigation further revealed that
most of the tankers used had the
inscription of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation NNPC. This
was formulated to deceive security
operatives and erase any form of
suspicion.
It was learned that though the sect
was yet to be beaten to their new
tricks, security personnel, especially
men of the JTF, now stop petrol
tankers whether private or
government owned for detailed
search while their drivers are
mandated to spill little content of the
tanker to authenticate if it was
actually conveying fuel. In addition,
security agents also detail some of
their men to escort the tanker (s) to
the filling station and monitor the
discharge of the content.
Poisoned pure water
Impeccable sources also informed
that apart from conveying arms and
ammunition in tankers, the sect has
also devised another deadly means of
killing members of the JTF via
poisoned sachet water popularly
called pure water.
According to sources, members of
the sect disguise as good citizens
and go around with bags of poisoned
sachet water to give to JTF
operatives as gift, adding that a
sizeable number of the JTF personnel
may have lost their lives through
such murderous act.
A senior police officer serving in one
of the northern states who spoke on
condition of anonymity said one of
such tankers carrying arms and
ammunition was spotted recently
inside the premises of a mosque
where electric welders were busy
cutting open the tankers to evacuate
the arms and ammunition into a
particular chamber of the mosque.
He said, “That is the recent tactics
that has been uncovered. But you
see, there is little or nothing we can
do.
They now move arms and
ammunition in petrol tankers and
hide them in special mosques where
only members of the sect worship.
Recently, we discovered that these
people were arming themselves from
the mosque and we quickly mobilized
and laid ambush for them. Most of
them lost their lives during the
encounter while others shot their
ways to escape.
However, we are handicapped
because even though we know these
mosques, we dare not enter into
them to avoid religious war in the
country. Some of them who were
seriously injured during the bloody
encounter but spoke before they died
mentioned a one time military head
of state as their sponsor and that
they get their arms from Apapa wharf
in Lagos and through the three
borders in Borno state.
Again, you know soldiers do not take
bribe unlike the police, but they easily
collect gift. Members of the sect
disguise as good citizens, drive
around town with poisoned pure
water as gift to the soldiers of the
JTF. This murderous act is not
reported because I can tell you
authoritatively that many soldiers
have lost their lives through this
means,” he stated.

www.vanguardngr.com/2012/04/r-e-v-e-a-l-e-d-how-boko-haram-import-arms-from-apapa-wharf-borno/

I think it is time that the gov't revamp hers security forces with state of the art training and equipment to combat this cancerous but foolish called Boko Haram

I, also, think the quoted news report is suspect.