Guardian reports that not less
than 486 suspected Boko Haram
members including eight women were arrested by the military personnel of the
144 battalion of the Nigerian Army
with base at Asa in Ukwa West council of Abia State. See the Full report below:
Abia State Commissioner of Information, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, who took some reporters to the military camp
yesterday to see the suspects said they were arrested around 3:00 a.m. on
Sunday along Enugu-Aba-
Port Harcourt Expressway at Arongwa area called Imo
Gate, which is a boundary between Abia and Rivers states.
He said that the suspects whose ages were from 15 years were
traveling on 35 buses from undisclosed northern states to the South South. He said that they claimed to be going to
search for jobs, adding that two of the buses later escaped.
The commissioner spoke in the presence of the Battalion
Commander, Lt. Colonel Rasheed Omolori,
whose only comment was that the report had already been sent to his
headquarter.
It was also disclosed that somebody whose name was not made
known, had come to secure the release of the suspects but was arrested and
detained.
Reacting to the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Geoffery Ogbonna, said
that the matter was a military
one and had not been reported to the police command. He said that when he
contacted the Army Public Relations Officer in the state whose name he did not
mention, he told him (PPRO) that he was not yet aware of the matter.
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