The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has smashed the fuel supply to the Boko Haram insurgency group .
Addressing a press conference in Maiduguri on Tuesday , the Borno State Commander of the security outfit , Abdullahi Ibrahim , said the fuel supply to the insurgents was cut off by his command during its recent operation along the fringes of Sambisa Forest .
He said during the operation , the latest tactics of fuel supply to the insurgents was unearthed and subsequently smashed .
Ibrahim said some commercial vehicles plying Maiduguri - Damboa - Biu highway devised the tactics of filling kegs with petrol and wrap them in a sack , after which they drop it at designated spots on the road where the insurgents pick them up and drop their money .
Ibrahim , who regretted that they were not able to catch any suspect in the act as they took to their heels on sighting men of his command .
Source:punchng
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