The Police Command in Borno said on Sunday
that it had arrested a driver, Malam Modu Mustapha, suspected to be purchasing
fuel and food items for Boko Haram insurgents.
Mr. Damian Chukwu,
the Commissioner of Police in the state, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Maiduguri that the suspect was arrested after a tip-off by members of the
public.
“The Police have
received information that one Modu Mustapha of Jumptilo village was a
terrorists’ collaborator, who buys fuel and food for them, at Alagarno and other
hideout.
“The Police
descended on the suspect, who has confessed to the crime,’’ he said.
Chukwu alleged
that the driver usually fetched firewood in the bush, from where he was
suspected to have met the terrorists.
“He said that he
had been buying things for the insurgent group.
“We recovered N10,
000 from the suspect, which the terrorists gave him to buy bicycle spare parts
for them,” said the commissioner.
The commissioner
said the suspect also named 15 other firewood vehicle drivers, who engaged in
similar crime.
According to him,
the Police are yet to establish the motive of the driver buying things for the
insurgents.
“We have not been
able to establish his reasons for buying things for them, whether he is under
the influence of spell, coerced into doing it, or doing it willingly as their
collaborator,” said Chukwu
He said that
because of the nature of the alleged crime, it would be transferred to the
military for further action.
Chukwu said that
the Police also arrested three men who specialised in adulterating
grind-pepper, mixing it with sawdust and flower waste and selling same to
public as pepper.
“Those arrested
included Bukar Masona, Babakura Umar and Ali Muhammad.
“The adulterated
pepper they sell to the public is poisonous and unfit for human consumption,’’
he said.
The commissioner
said that the suspects had confessed to the crime and would be handed over to
the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), for
further investigation
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