N600m Found In Orange Seller/Boko Haram Informant's Bank Account

An orange seller who acts as a spy for Boko Haram has been arrested in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria.

He was arrested in Kawo area of Kaduna by soldiers and N600 million was found in his account after he was investigated.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major-General Garba Wahab, disclosed this at the weekend in the wake of an offensive against insurgents in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.

According to the GOC, “When we stop those who are hawking and carrying wheelbarrow, and we said we want to check, people will shout, ‘why are you disturbing the average person?’ And I give you example; we arrested somebody called mai lemu (orange seller) in Kawo here. And in three months when we checked through his account, over N600 million  has passed through that man’s account, and he sells orange here by Kawo bridge.

“He is there as a lookout. He is like a spy. He looks around, gets information and feeds these guys, says this is what is happening. That is why I said we are not dealing with idiots. We are dealing with people who have one or two guys working and thinking , and giving them information. And we know that before they attack they must look at the softest locations.”