Operatives nab civilian informants of dead ISWAP collaborator

Operatives of the Nigerian military intelligence service have arrested some civilians spying for the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), terrorists in the North East.

The civilians, before their arrest, worked together with a soldier who killed himself on Wednesday after troops discovered he was an ISWAP collaborator.

The soldier, L/Cpl Jibrin, an instructor with Army Battalion in Geidam, Yobe State, was discovered by intelligence operatives, of being involved in recent attacks on brothels and beer parlours in Gashua and Geidam.

A military intelligence source who confirmed to PRNigeria the arrest of the civilian collaborators, said they are already probing the circumstances surrounding the suicide committed by the ‘unscrupulous’ soldier while being handcuffed after his arrest.

“I can categorically tell you that other bad elements within our security apparatus are been investigated. Right now, we have arrested some civilian collaborators he mentioned in his confession during the initial interrogation.

“We shall unravel the circumstance surrounding the seeming fishy suicide and suspicious activities of other suspects,” the source said.