Army Arrests 11-Year Old Potential Suicide Bomber

The Nigerian Army yesterday announced that vigilant troops of the 7 Division Garrison providing security at Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, Camp, Dalori in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, have apprehended 11-year-old Usman Modu Tella for being a potential suicide bomber.
According to a statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect number 82 in the poster containing the photographs of 100 wanted suspected Boko Haram terrorists, was from Bama town and is among 4 other children trained for suicide bombing by the Boko Haram terrorists.
Disclosing that his job was to carry out suicide attack in the IDP camp sometime in the future, the boy, who was arrested on Tuesday afternoon, claimed that the three others have already carried out their missions at different locations, adding that one other senior Boko Haram member, Alhaji Kerewu Abubakar is at the camp.
The statement further read, “It will be recalled that due to the concerted efforts of the military quite a number of towns and villages hitherto held by the Boko Haram terrorists were liberated, this brought about an unprecedented influx of IDPs to the camp which the terrorists took advantage and infiltrate in order to wreck more havoc among the society. The case of these suspects clearly indicated this point hence the need for proper screening of all IDPs with a view to ascertain their true identity.
“The apprehension of the suspects is a boost to the fight against terrorism and insurgency in that they were assisting with investigation that would lead to the arrest of more suspected terrorists in the camp and elsewhere.”