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Boko Haram sets up base in Bauchi forest
 [DAILYTRUST.NG] The Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... faceless myrmidons are establishing a new base in Bauchi state, a senator revealed yesterday. Senator Isa Hamma Misau (APC, Bauchi Central) said the faceless myrmidons were relocating to the area from their stronghold in Sambisa Forest. Hamma Misau, a retired Police officer, told Daily Trust in an exclusive phone interview that the faceless myrmidons had started establishing themselves in Burra Forest in Ningi Emirate Council of his constituency. He said the Burra forest is linked through a corridor to the Falgore Forrest in Kano state and Saminaka in Kaduna State. "The Boko Haram faceless myrmidons are relocating to the Burra Forest. It is a very large forest extending to three states and it is from there that the faceless myrmidons are going to other places to unleash terror on people. "It was because of their activities that a new Police division was opened in Burra but the police cannot carry out operation in the forest because it is a high risk operation. "They kidnap people daily, and receive between N3million and N5million as ransom," he said.
"They also said the faceless myrmidons are in hundreds and that they coordinate their operations from the forest," he said. "They have collected so much money from the people but because the place is in remote area, it has not been given national prominence. "The people are highly sophisticated, and to tackle them, we need serious surveillance, intelligence and equipment." He said when the Senate reconvenes next month he would sponsor a motion with a view to attracting the attention of the security agencies to it. "I’m going to write to the National Security Adviser, the Chief of Army Staff and the Director of DSS for them to intervene. There is need for combined efforts of all security agencies in order to tackle the terrorists," he said. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-12 |
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