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The immediate past Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin (rtd), has revealed how Boko Haram get explosives and other weapons which they use in perpetrating evil.
During a chat with newsmen at the Naval Base, Apapa, Lagos, Usman revealed that Boko Haram gets its weapons through theft and purchase from local shops. He also implored Nigerians who have authentic information that will help in bringing to the open, where these terrorists get their equipment from, to come out.
His words: "Terrorists are amongst us, they are very difficult for security agencies to identify, without needed intelligence. Since they are amongst us, the source of materials used for their devices are sold by Nigerians and some stolen from shops belonging to some Nigerians."
βTo that end, one expects that owners of stolen equipment or those who equipments are bought from should report to the security agencies, their confidentiality is guaranteed because no one will disclose the source of the information.
βI am appealing to Nigerians to support President βBuhari and the security agencies so that they can do their jobs well. βBelieving in the effectiveness of intelligence gathering, Nigerians must provide the needed intelligence for security forces to be able to identify would-be bombers and suicide bombers, as well as monitoring to the extent that security forces can unravel where terrorists make their IEDs.ββ