AS WE RECORD MORE SUCCESSES IN OUR WAR AGAINST TERROR : Armed and dangerous: Women arrested with assault weapons, IEDs in Maiduguri

 
Two women were arrested in Maiduguri on Sunday attempting to smuggle assault weapons into the market.
A new youth vigilance group, popularly called “the Civilian JTF’’ apprehended the two women at the Bulabulin entrance gate of the market.
According to an eyewitness report, the women concealed the weapons in their dresses.
One of the witnesses, Malam Modu Bulama, a trader, said the commotion at the gate could be heard from his stall.
“We rushed to scene, but on getting there, we saw two women in veil with assault weapons,’’ he said.

Bulama said that each of the women concealed an AK 47 rifle, a pistol and some items believed to be Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in their veil.
A member of the vigilante, Malam Usman Ibrahim, corroborated Bulama’s claim, adding: “we were on a routine checking at the gate when these women came with heavy veil.
“At first we did not bother to look at them, but we realised that one of them was shivering, we said something must be wrong,’’ Ibrahim said.
He said that when they were searched, “we found that each of them concealed an AK 47 rifle, a pistol and IED in their veil.
“We were surprised at the discovery, so we took them to officials of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) for investigations,” Ibrahim said.
The JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, could not be contacted for comment, but a senior military officer, who spoke on condition anonymity, confirmed the story.
The official said the JTF was already investigating the case.