11-year old wanted Boko Haram bomber arrested at Maiduguri IDP camp

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Troops of 7 Division Garrison providing security
at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in
Dalori, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno
State on Tuesday afternoon arrested an 11-year-
old suspected suicide bomber. Usman Modu Tella
is among the 100 Boko Haram members recently
declared wanted by the Nigerian Army.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the
suspect was from Bama town and is among four
other children trained for suicide bombing by the
Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian Army
spokesman Sani Usman said in a statement on
Tuesday.
Tella confessed interrogation that the three others
have already carried out their missions at
different locations. His job was to do same in the
camp sometime in the future. The boy also
pointed out one other Boko Haram senior
member, Alhaji Kerewu Abubakar at the camp.
The army spokesman said, “It will be recalled that
due to the concerted efforts of the military quite a
number of towns and villages hitherto held by
the Boko Haram terrorists were liberated, this
brought about an unprecedented influx of IDPs to
the camp which the terrorists took advantage and
infiltrate in order to wreck more havoc among
the society.
“The case of these suspects clearly indicated this
point hence the need for proper screening of all
IDPs with a view to ascertaining their true
identity.”
He said the arrest of the suspects is a boost to the
fight against terrorism and insurgency in that
they were assisting with investigation that would
lead to the arrest of more suspected terrorists in
the camp and elsewhere.