Displaced residents of Monguno, in Borno State, which was recently
taken over by Boko Haram, have said they saw helicopters dropping arms
and food items for the insurgents in the bushes.
According to Leadership.ng, The
IDPs, who said they spent about 48 hours in the bush running towards
Maiduguri, expressed worry that the Boko Haram sect was not the only
ones involved in the insurgency, but that there are many foreign
fighters and some external supports.
Leader of the Nigeria Vigilante Group in Monguno, Muhammed Sani,50,
said he had, on several occasions, spotted unusual delivery of items in
big wooden boxes by air, and sacks being dropped in the bushes around
Marte and Monguno where Boko Haram terrorists were camped.
“Even during the attack on Monguno, there was an aircraft that came but
did not do anything, not even dropping a single bomb before it left;
then another one later came around the Monguno barracks and we saw four
men alighting from the aircraft, using a rope. The aircraft left, but we
doubt if they were soldiers.
