– Intelligence reports i ndicate Boko Haram
members are planning to escape to the
southern part of the country
– Army mounts surveillance on roads
leading to Sambisa forest
The Nigerian army and the Borno state
police command have commenced a stop
and search exercise on some roads leading
into Maiduguri metropolis to as arrest
fleeing insurgents who intend to escape to
the southern parts of the country.
The counter insurgency operations launched
by the military in the northeast has led to
the capture of several top Boko Haram
members.
Police spokesman, Isuku Victor, told the
Guardian that the search and stop exercise
became necessary following intelligence
reports that Boko Haram insurgents plan to
escape to the southern part of the country
due to military offensive against insurgents
in the northeast.

According to Isuku Victor, the search
exercise in the metropolis was to check the
fleeing insurgents from Sambisa Forest who
were being pushed out by the counter
insurgency operations.
Some of the roads expected to be covered
by the surveillance include, Damboa, Polo,
Giwa Barracks, and Circular roads that lead
to Sambisa Forest and the Maiduguri-
Damboa-Biu road.


Meanwhile, four suspected Boko Haram
members whose identities match those on
the list of 100 most wa nted terrorists
released by the military over the weekend
have been apprehended by the Civilian Joint
Task Force (CJTF) at the Maiduguri motor
park.
The suspected sect members were were
apprehended by the vigilant youths at about
7.35am while attempting to flee Maiduguri
by bus.
In another development, the House of
Representatives committee on Army has
said the Nigerian Army is weak and lacks
adequate weapons to effectively prosecute
the counter-insurgency operations in the
north-east.
According to The Punch, the chairman of
the committee, Rima Shawulu, who spoke on
Friday, February 26 in Abuja when he
presented a report on the 2016 budget of
the army to the committee on appropriation,
also complained that are soldiers still
rationed arms and ammunition in a bid to
persecute the anti-terror war.


all photo available @ http://skyevibes.com/2016/02/29/boko-haram-army-to-swoop-on-insurgents-fleeing-sambisa-forest/

PMB is boosting our soldiers moral......Thats why it good to have a brave president not that otueke coward that has phd in fraud

Cowards!!! Let them stay and fight the war they started
We don't need them in the south

Oladimejyy:
PMB is boosting our soldiers moral......Thats why it good to have a brave president not that otueke coward that has phd in fraud

That PhD in fraud was even fake sef.

this nairaland has become a an embodiment of junk news

Go on boys... Nigerians are behind you.

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That PhD in fraud was even fake sef.

He didnt work for it.they just gave it to him