Suspected Boko Haram Insurgents, who fled Bama alongside IDPs and formed a syndicate along Bama road at Yanshayi, in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital have been rounded up by security operative.
While many were arrested others escaped and are at large at the moment.
Those who were arrested were brought to the headquarters of sector 3 around Gidan Madara ‘Milk shop’ on Tuesday evening before they were moved by soldiers to Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri.
A civilian JTF, who identified himself as Tanimu Shuiabu told our reporter that, they have been arresting members of the Boko Haram insurgents who escaped during and encounter with the Nigerian military and stormed Maiduguri, the Borno state capital as IDPs.
According to him, ” Those who were today arrested were said to have been seen on several occasions planning mischief.
They have been kept under close watch until when we found out that, they were members of Boko Haram who came from Bama with the IDPs”
Asked on how they were able to establish that those who were arrested were members of the Islamic sect,.
Tanimu said, ” they had guns. They never wanted anybody around to be friends with them and they would always leave other IDPs for private meetings.
” When they were confronted by other IDPs over their nocturnal meetings, they told them that they were only planning on how to go back to Bama, saying that it was better to go back than to continue to live under the present harsh situation and that their major concern was how to get back to Bama through Konduga.
“Also one of the IDPs who saw them with guns sneaked and told some of our boys (civilian JTF) and we inform the soldiers with all the details that we had. After it was established that they were Boko Haram members, the soldiers stormed the place today and many of them were arrested.” He said.
Source:- Daily Post
