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It has been reported that on Tuesday, Boko Haram militants killed at least four people and kidnapped three women in Kautuva–a village very close to the northeastern town of Chibok, residents and survivors said. This attack, which was carried out at dawn, saw many houses burnt down as the jihadists also shot at residents.

“Some of us were lucky to survive and ran to Chibok,” a source told The Telegraph, another resident said the jihadists had kidnapped three women.

This happens barely a week after the Kano State Director of the State Security Service (SSS) told reporters that five persons allegedly connected to the creation of ISIS sleeper training cells in the state have been arrested, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had arrested a Boko Haram kingpin in Borno State on Sunday the 12th of June, and had since transferred him to the army for further investigation. This adds to several other top individuals of the Islamic sect that have been apprehended so far.

The 56-year-old who was arrested in Aski Uba Local Government Area of Borno state, confessed that he has three of his children as ‘arrow heads’ of the Boko Haram sect, the Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told reporters.

“Our men have made remarkable progress by arresting a Boko Haram kingpin. The notorious kingpin was said to be a recruiter as well as supplier of arms and IEDs to Boko Haram terrorists.”

“He confessed that his three children were also arrow heads of the sect,” Abdullahi disclosed.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps was established in 2003, to provide measures against threats and any attacks or disasters against the nation and its citizenry. In March this year, NSCDC deployed 5,000 of its personnel to work in the North-East of Nigeria.

The para-military agency of the Nigerian government – the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) – has shown that it is capable of contributing positively to the war against insurgency in the country. In light of the increasing use of the army to restore normalcy in the North-east, South-east and South-south regions of Nigeria, there may be less need to increase the capacity of other para-military bodies which have proved capable of contributing meaningfully to similar quests for peace across these regions.

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