Nigeria army reportedly arrested hundreds of suspected Boko Haram insurgents (pictured below) in Abia State on Sunday.
Boko Haram suspects arrested in Abia State. Credits: The Cable
According to the fresh report by The Cable, soldiers of the 144 battalion of the Nigerian Army, Asa, Ukwa West Local Government Area, carried out the arrest along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.
It was provided that 33 buses conveying 486 people were stopped, while some more buses sped off and managed to drive away. Those detained are believed to be Boko Haram militants, however military are yet to establish a link between them and the sect. The people pleaded not guilty saying they had come from the country north in search for jobs.
Confirming the information to the journalists the battalion commander Lt. Colonel Rasheed Omolori said 2 buses escaped adding that the incident was reported to defence headquarters located in Abuja. No other details were provided by the military official.
The commissioner for information and strategy, Dr. Eze Chikamnayo, who also attended the briefing, wondered why such a “long convoy” had not been stopped before reaching Abia and considered the sheer size of the movement suspicious.
Military and state officials claimed that the investigation into the arrest had started.
It would be recalled that the yesterday’s rumour said that the insurgents had planted explosives in trailers in Aba city of the state, which IEDs were discovered by local vigilantes. This caused panic among the residents that Boko Haram violence might have spread to the country south.
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