Security forces have excavated 10 riffles and 80
general-purpose machine guns from Balmo forest in Bauchi State, the Federal
Government has said.
The Federal Government also admitted that some soldiers had
been facing court martial over their roles in the ongoing war against terrorism
in the country.
Coordinator of the National Information Centre and Director
General of the National Orientation Agency, Mr. Mike Omeri, disclosed this
during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.
Omeri said, “The mopping operation being undertaken by the
armed forces within the forest is yielding more discovery of arms stockpiled
underground. So far, 10 riffles, 80 general purpose machine guns have been
excavated from different parts of the forest.
“The men and women apprehended in the forest have continued
to give useful information and the link between the activities in the forest
and other terrorist activities in different parts of the federation.”
Omeri had on Wednesday disclosed that security operatives
had begun quizzing politicians found to have links with the terrorists
following materials found in the forest hideout that indicted the unnamed
politicians.
The NOA boss had said, “After the last successful operations
carried out by security forces to dislodge terrorists from their forest bases
in the Darazo Local Government Area end of the Balmo forest, some politicians
are currently being investigated following their link with activities in the
forest.
“The politicians are being interrogated following the
recovery of some sensitive registration cards and other materials of a
prominent political party that were found in the possession of some of the suspects
arrested.
“Investigation is still on-going to further unravel the
identity of others that may have been involved and as soon as it is completed,
we shall reveal the names of the culprits and the political party.
“Accordingly, we wish to emphasise that the government,
particularly the security agencies will not condone the involvement of
politicians in security matters.”
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