Troops arrest 3 suspected female terrorists in Adamawa

Soldiers have arrested three suspected female terrorists, who have been secretly recruiting ladies into the female wing of the terrorists group, Boko Haram, the Defence Headquarters said in a statement.
The statement, issued in Abuja yesterday, was signed by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu for the Director of Defence Information.
It said their arrest was an aftermath of a failed suicide bombing attempt on a military facility by a female terrorist, who blew herself up in Gombe recently.
It said the suspects, Hafsat Bako, Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar, were intercepted while traveling to Madagali in Adamawa from where “they were to transit to the forest to reunite with their cohorts.
“Investigations revealed that the suspects, led by Hafsat, have the mission to recruit members into the female wing of the terrorist group as well as conduct espionage for the group.
“Hafsat’s link with the terrorists group had been a subject of investigation since 2012, when security agents on a man-hunt for one Usman Bako, her husband, who was identified as a terrorist, stormed their residence in Jimeta,’’ it said.
The statement said that the man-hunt resulted in the discovery of an AK- 47 rifle and two loaded magazines
It added that Bako later died in an encounter with troops in Sokoto, where he had relocated to continue his terrorist activities.
The statement said that Hafsat continued with the terror group, specialising in surreptitious recruitment of members into their fold.