By Josephine Ella-Ejeh
The Nigeria Army has uncovered a Facebook other social media accounts, allegedly used by a faction of the Boko Haram group to recruit new members.
Artillery Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major Murtala Usman disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at the ongoing Nigerian Army Combat Support Training Week in Maiduguri.
He said the social media accounts had 2,000 followers.
Usman said that insurgents from the Albarnawi faction of the Boko Haram group were recruiting new members on social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, SnapChat, Instagram and the Youtube.
According to him, the army discovered this while interrogating a “highly placed Boko Haram commander known as Malu-Mamman Barde’’, who was tracked and apprehended 40km South of Rann area in Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno.
“Barde is among the most wanted Boko Haram suspect that had committed so many atrocities against humanity. Through the suspect’s mobile phone, we found several videos soliciting finance for the group. We also found some other videos where Barde was seen preaching Jihad and the ideology of the group.
“Most of Barde’s pictures were that of Abu-Mosad Albarnawi and other Boko Haram fighter posing with Anti-Air craft guns, rockets and Boko Haram flag,’’ he said.
Speaking, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai earlier said that the training was to draw up strategies for various military operations across the country.
Burutai who was represented by the Commander of Training and Doctrine, Maj.-Gen. Abubakar Salihu, added that the training was designed to adopt new strategies to combat insecurity in the country through brainstorming and reviewing of operations as the nation faces series of security challenges.
He noted the challenges include: Boko Haram insurgency, farmers/herders crisis, kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry and violence, among others.
On his part, the Corp Commander Artillery, Maj.-Gen. Abubabkar Tarfa said the week-long training was a veritable platform for generating ideas for the combat arms.
The Nigeria Army has uncovered a Facebook other social media accounts, allegedly used by a faction of the Boko Haram group to recruit new members.
Artillery Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major Murtala Usman disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at the ongoing Nigerian Army Combat Support Training Week in Maiduguri.
He said the social media accounts had 2,000 followers.
Usman said that insurgents from the Albarnawi faction of the Boko Haram group were recruiting new members on social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, SnapChat, Instagram and the Youtube.
According to him, the army discovered this while interrogating a “highly placed Boko Haram commander known as Malu-Mamman Barde’’, who was tracked and apprehended 40km South of Rann area in Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno.
“Barde is among the most wanted Boko Haram suspect that had committed so many atrocities against humanity. Through the suspect’s mobile phone, we found several videos soliciting finance for the group. We also found some other videos where Barde was seen preaching Jihad and the ideology of the group.
“Most of Barde’s pictures were that of Abu-Mosad Albarnawi and other Boko Haram fighter posing with Anti-Air craft guns, rockets and Boko Haram flag,’’ he said.
Speaking, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai earlier said that the training was to draw up strategies for various military operations across the country.
Burutai who was represented by the Commander of Training and Doctrine, Maj.-Gen. Abubakar Salihu, added that the training was designed to adopt new strategies to combat insecurity in the country through brainstorming and reviewing of operations as the nation faces series of security challenges.
He noted the challenges include: Boko Haram insurgency, farmers/herders crisis, kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry and violence, among others.
On his part, the Corp Commander Artillery, Maj.-Gen. Abubabkar Tarfa said the week-long training was a veritable platform for generating ideas for the combat arms.
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