Police say ISIS terrorists have links in Borno IDP camps

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- ISIS had its spies operating from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Borno according to the police

- The police said it was established that three among the 22 ‘Boko-Haram’ insurgents arrested two months ago were members of ISIS

- Going further, the police said disclosed that the terrorists usually stationed their stooge at the IDP camps to perpetrate chaos, without being noticed

The Borno police command said on Wednesday, September 6, that the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), a faction of ISIS, had its spies operating from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Borno.

Ahmed Bello, assistant commissioner of police, Borno command, disclosed this while giving update on security situation at a Humanitarian and Development Coordination Forum in Maiduguri.

Bello, who represented the commissioner of police, Demien Chukwu, said it was established that three among the 22 ‘Boko-Haram’ insurgents arrested two months ago, were members of ISIS.

He disclosed that the terrorists usually stationed their stooge at the IDP camps to perpetrate chaos, without being noticed.

“We had launched radio programmes aimed at sensitising the larger society on the need to be sensitive of their environment.

“It will interest you to note that some of the affected victims in camps were not IDPs. We have our ways of rating them to the classes of A.B.C.

“So if you find any suspicious person, do not just send him away, but arrest him because the terrorists have their sympathisers; they are the people that are giving them information,” he said.

He explained that the arrest of the culprit had led to drastic reduction in cases of bomb blasts perpetrated by the insurgents, using Improvised Explossive Device in Maiduguri metropolis.

In his remarks, Bashir Garga, NEMA Northeast Zonal Coordinator, commended the police and other security agencies for providing protection to the IDPs and creating safe working environment for humanitarian aid workers in the Northeast.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Ismail Yakubu who is the informant who gave police information that led to the raid of the house of Chief Edwin Clark revealed that a taxi driver gave him the information that he passed to officers.

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Yakubu who is an indigene of the Federal Capital Territory claimed a taxi driver told him that a sealed vehicle in the house of the Niger Delta chieftain contained ammunition.

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