The raiding of a hideout of suspected Boko Haram elements yesterday night led to the arrest of a suspect, Mubarak, alias Dan-Hajiya and the recovery of arms and ammunition in the Nakasari area of Sokoto.
Items recovered included three AK-47 riffles, one riot gun, 153 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, explosives, three cartons of acid, knock-outs, chemicals and thermometers.
Army spokesman of the 1 Brigade, Sokoto told journalists that the joint operation of the Army and operatives of the Department of State Security was part of the series of raids by security agencies to rid Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States of fleeing Boko Haram members from volatile states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
National Mirror