Nigerian Army Arrests Suspected Boko Haram Members In Sapele

Nigerian Army Arrests Suspected Boko Haram Members In Sapele

Nigerian Army Arrests Suspected Boko Haram Members In Sapele

The suspect, Bukar Abacha , was
arrested shortly after he arrived the
popular Hausa quarters in Sapele.
A middle-aged man suspected to be a
member of the Boko Haram sect has
been apprehended in Sapele , Delta,
by officers of the 19 Battalion of
Nigerian Army.
The suspect, Bukar Abacha, was
arrested shortly after he arrived the
popular Hausa quarters in Sapele.
A senior army officer who did not
want his name mentioned, said on
Thursday that a member of the
Arewa community gave the
information to “Operation Pulo
Shield.’’
The Borno-state born suspect was,
thereafter, handed over to the Army
Headquarters in Abuja for further
interrogation, the senior officer said.
The officer said that the suspect was
on the wanted list of the army
He said that a sensitisation exercise
tagged “show of force confidence
building patrol’’ had been
inaugurated.
“The exercise is aimed at disarming
all acts of criminalities such as,
kidnapping, pipeline vandalism,
illegal oil bunkering and killing of
innocent citizens in the area.
“Before the arrest, community
leaders informed us that the suspect
was looking strange, psychologically
imbalance and uncomfortable in
their midst that called for his doubt
as one of them,’’ he said.
The officer urged the people to give
the army necessary intelligent
information that would assist to
effectively stamp out crime in the
society.
He urged residents to report people
with questionable character or
strange movement of persons in
their domains.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the army pasted lists of
names, containing 100 wanted Boko
Haram suspects in some strategic
places in Sapele metropolis.