The Department of State Services has said Boko Haram members are relocating from Sambisa forest in Borno state to Chikun LGA in Kaduna state.
According to the Punch, the alert was in a leaked memo marked NSCDC/NHQ/INT&INVST/323/2021 dated September 9, 2021, and signed by B.O Bassey, acting deputy commandant-general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, intelligence and investigation.
The document is titled, ‘Re: update on relocation of Boko Haram terrorists (BHTs) to Rijana general area in Kaduna state’.
According to the memo, senior Boko Haram members are planning to team up with one Adamu Yunusu and his supporters.
The DSS, therefore, asked the civil defense to be on the alert.
“Sequel to a memo dated September 2, 2021, received from the ministry of interior on the above subject matter, upon an intelligence report from the office of the director-general, department of state services, national headquarters, Abuja, dated August 20, 2021, with reference no S.314/31/B/2915,” it reads.
“It has been uncovered, plans by senior Boko Haram fighter, Ibrahim (FNU) alongside his foot soldiers relocating from ‘Sambisa Forest in Borno State to Rijana Forest in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State with a view to joining their counterpart under the leadership of one Adamu Yunusu (aka Saddiqu).
“In light of the above, you are hereby directed to step up surveillance and intelligence gathering on the aforementioned areas and environs.”
The northern part of Nigeria has seen a spike in banditry, kidnapping, and terrorist activities in recent times.
Kaduna, which borders Zamfara State, has witnessed a spike in killings and abductions in 2021 with over 545 persons killed and 1, 723 kidnapped between January and June.
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