Boko Haram National ID Card Producers Arrested

Army-Gamboru Ngala-Boko Haram

The Nigerian Army has arrested two business center operators in Maiduguri, Borno State for allegedly producing fake National Identity Cards for Boko Haram terrorists in the city. The suspects were identified as Makinta Umar, and John Zakariya.

Spokesman of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Col. Tukur Gusau made the disclosure while presenting the suspects to newsmen in Maiduguri.

“A business center around Post Office area in Maiduguri was identified as an accomplice of Boko Haram terrorists by producing National Identity cards and other documents for the terrorists,” Gusau said.

According to him, the arrest was in furtherance of the combined efforts of the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security organisations to counter terrorism and insurgency in the North-East.

“The operators of the center were apprehended after a Boko Haram suspect earlier arrested, confessed to the Joint Investigation Center that the suspects were in the business of producing the ID cards for the terrorists group.

“Among the items recovered from the suspects were; computer laptops, memory sticks, still camera etc,” he said.

“It was discovered that the accomplices produce fake National ID cards and other documents for the terrorists in the business centre.

“These documents enable the terrorists to move freely to various destinations and carry out their terrorists activities killing and inflicting hardships on the law abiding citizens of the country,” Gusau added.