Boko Haram recruiting youths to supply fuel in Borno - NSCDC

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says youths in Maiduguri are now being recruited by Boko Haram to supply fuel in Gamboru Ngala area of the state 

NSCDC has revealed that youths in Maiduguri are now being recruited by Boko Haram to supply fuel in Gamboru Ngala area of the state

The NSCDC believes that Boko Haram insurgents are running out of food and other supplies 

Youths in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, are now being recruited by Boko Haram to supply fuel in Gamboru Ngala area of the state, Borno command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has revealed. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Sunday, October 30, Ibrahim Abdullahi, the commandant of the NSCDC said the command had intercepted a reasonable quantity of fuel packaged in a carton of groundnut oil, bound for Gamboru Ngala local government area in the state.

He said since Boko Haram insurgents were running out of food and other supplies, they have employed all sorts of means to replenish stock. He said: “The command had so far arrested a suspect, who confessed that he did not know the owner of the consignment that he was asked to deliver to the insurgents trapped in Gamboru Ngala. 

“He later confessed that each of the five litres of fuel is sold at N15, 000 to the insurgents. “You will recall we raised the alarm that some agents of Boko Haram were transporting stolen cows from Mafa, Kalabalge and Bomboshe axis in the state to cattle market in Maiduguri.

“The Boko Haram usually send the cows to their agents in the city who will then sell them and repatriate either cash or fuel to the terrorists.” Abdullahi also warned the people to be conscious, even as he advised drivers not to accept any form of message from someone who look suspicious.

He said: “We are therefore warning the people especially drivers not to accept or convey any form of message that looks suspicious to any one, especially along the Gamboru axis. “We are also warning the drivers, park owners and union groups to always check their passengers and their luggages to avoid transporting bad elements that would cause havoc in the society.” 

Meanwhile, the NSCDC has warned the public of the existence of fake employment within the organisation. The NSCDC commandant, Mr Shuaibu Jibrin, said on Thursday, October 27, that the racket had been collecting money from candidates in the shadow of offering them employment into the command. Jibrin, while condemning the perpetrators explained that all recruitment exercises by the organisation “are properly advertised through the mass media”.