Information delivered by the Defense Headquarters indicated that the major facilitator of the Chibok girls kidnap has been arrested by security forces. Major General Chris Olukolade, Director of Defense Information said:
"A terrorists' intelligence cell headed by a businessman who participate actively in the abduction of school Girls in Chibok has been busted by troops. The man, Babuji Ya'ari who is also a member of the Youth Vigilante Group popularly known as Civilian JTF which he uses as a cover while remaining an active terrorist, also spearheaded the murder of the Emir of Gowza. His main role in the group is to spy and gather information for the terrorists group"Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011, includind the deadly attacks on Customs and military locations as well as the planting of IEDs in several locations in the town.
" The arrest of the businessman who is generally known as a tricycle dealer has also yielded some vital information and facilitated the arrest of other members of the terrorists' intelligence cell who are women. One of them, Hafsat Bako had earlier escaped to Gombe State to avoid suspicion but was tracked and arrested. Prior to her arrest, Hafsat coordinated the payment of other operatives on the group. In her confession, she disclosed that a minimum of N10,000 is paid to each operatives depending on the enormity of his task. Another female suspect named Haj Kaka who doubles as an armorer and a spy for the terrorist group has alsp been arrested. Until their arrest, all the suspects actively operated a terrorists' intelligence cell in collaboration with others still at large. In another development, troops deployed in Goniri, Yobe State over the weekend had an encounter with the terrorists', resulting in casualties on both sides after the attack was successfully repelled."
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