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A Chadian, Usman Mecheka, operating with a terrorists group around the Lake Chad in Maiduguri, has been taken into custody by the Multi National Joint Task Force, the Defence Headquarters says.
This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja and signed by Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information.
The statement said Mecheka was apprehended by the Task Force while trying to extract a ransom from herdsmen and farmers in the area, after an earlier attack on the community.
It also said troops of the Special Task Force in Plateau have also raided a camp maintained by an armed gang operating in a settlement in Shendam Local Government Area (LGA).
This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja and signed by Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information.
The statement said Mecheka was apprehended by the Task Force while trying to extract a ransom from herdsmen and farmers in the area, after an earlier attack on the community.
It also said troops of the Special Task Force in Plateau have also raided a camp maintained by an armed gang operating in a settlement in Shendam Local Government Area (LGA).