BEVERLY HILLS, June 22, (THEWILL) – The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Rogers Nicholas, has pledged a N5m reward for anyone with information about Bomb Factories in or around Maiduguri.

Nicholas made this known shortly before a security meeting with sister agencies in Maiduguri saying that the Army is convinced that there is a bomb-making factory within Maiduguri from where suicide bombers have been operating.

He tasked the Civilian Joint Task Force and the recently inaugurated Neighbourhood Watch with intelligence gathering urging them to be brave.

He also urged internally displaced persons who are returning to their communities to be vigilant and support the army as the task of providing security is a joint responsibility.

He gave the assurance that the army would assist farmers in ploughing and demining farmlands but warned that the use of fertilisers would be controlled to avoid making raw materials for producing IEDs readily available for criminals.

According to him, 35 suicide bombers have so far been taken out by security operatives in the theatre of operations while at least 25 have been arrested in recent months.

He added that over one million people held captive have been rescued between December 2017 to date.