Nigeria Army arrests 2 soldiers accused of supplying arms to Boko Haram

Nigeria Army arrests 2 soldiers accused of supplying arms to Boko Haram

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Nigeria Army said it has two soldiers in custody after they were arrested trying to ferry a large quantity of arms and munitions to suspected Boko Haram insurgents in northeast Nigeria.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt General TY Buratai

The soldiers who may have been the bomb making trainers of the insurgent were identified as officers working in the Explosive Ordnance unit of the Nigeria army based in the country's northeast.

Spokesman of the Nigeria Army, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, made this known in a press that detailed recent successes recorded in the war against Boko Haram terrorists which involved the killing of about 35 insurgents and rescuing of about 300 civilians from various operations carried out in the last few days.

According to Colonel Usman, who is the Acting Director Army Public Relations, the two soldiers were arrested on Sunday February 7^th.

"Unfortunately, despite these successes, a crop of black sheep amongst us is bend on tarnishing the image of the Nigerian Army", said Colonel Usman.

"Last Sunday 7^th February 2016, two of our Explosive Ordinance Device personnel attached to 143 Battalion, 13NA/ 70/10183 Sapper Eric Nwokorie and 13NA/70/10263 Sapper Macauley Fortune were arrested at Yola park with the following unauthorized military items: 1  Smoke grenade, 2,136 live rounds of 7.62 (Special) ammunition, 50 live rounds of 7.6mm (NATO) ammunition,  5  magazines of AK 47 rifles,  2  Browning Machine Gun live rounds of ammunitions. Others include, 1  Axe, 1  Cutlass, 1 Jack knife, 9  Jungle hats, 11  pairs of Camouflage  (9 Desert and 3 woodland green), 4  Military Pullovers, 1 Black beret,  1 Green beret, 1 Pair of number 7 dress, 2 General Duty belt, 12 Army T-shirts, 2 Rain Coats, 2 Water bottles,  1 Pairs of Rain boot and 5 Pairs of Desert boots)