The Nigerian Army has urged residents in the northeast to be wary of fleeing terrorists.
Disclosing further how to identify a suicide bomber or an accomplice,
Spokesman for the Nigerian
Army, Brigadier General Sani Usman, told
Channels TV that the terrorists, forced out of their enclaves, have
taken to attacking soft targets, mostly with suicide bombers who are
more of young females.
Usman stressed the need for residents of different communities in
Nigeria’s northeast and other cities to be wary of fleeing Boko Haram
members, hinting that the process of coupling an IED would require
inputs from different persons, making it possible for those observing to
know that crisis was imminent.
He said, “Terrorists are normal human beings that mingle with the
public. Whenever you are coupling an IED about 10 other persons will be
in the chain of it.
“If the public are more vigilant, they will notice something amiss.
“When you see somebody buying bells of nails and you know for sure he
does not have the capacity to buy that quantity of nails and you know
him very well to the point that he is not embarking on a building
project, then something is wrong.
“Sometime, you will see somebody in the night moving about when every
other normal human being is sleeping or somebody, wearing a winter coat
when actually it is so hot.
“His mode of dressing is so awkward that you will think that you are in a winter society. In most cases they are odd.
“They know the mode of dressing of people within a locality and that,
a soldier posted to the area, may not know. They can identify when
there is something strange about a person’s dress.
“It is very important that we involve the people that are on ground,”
he added, urging Nigerians to report suspected persons to security
agencies within their locality to save lives.

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