No less than 150 individuals associated individuals with the Islamic order, Boko Haram were Thursday captured by the Police in Ondo, base camp of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo state.
They were apparently equipped with different hostile weapons and stacked themselves in a truck before being caught and captured by the Police.
It was assembled that the Police at the Funbi-Fagun Police division blocked the truck passing on the suspects to an undisclosed area.
The suspects why should said be individuals from the northern part of the nation, were passed on in a truck with enlistment number KANO NSR 97 XZ, and they were said to be originating from Kebbi state and heading towards Ore town in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state before they were secured by the police at Lipakala intersection in Ondo town.
The operation which was driven by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) accountable for the Funbi-Fagun Police division, Mr Olu-Ojo Ogunmoyole, likewise included men of the Special Ant-theft Squad (SARS) of the state police order.
The suspects were at first confined at the Funbi-Fagun police division before they were later passed on in a truck that conveyed them to the State central command of the Police summon in Akure.
Things said to be recouped from the suspects incorporate 18 privately made firearms, two folding blades, 22 cutlasses and numerous light.
The episode pulled in the consideration of numerous occupants of the town as many individuals accumulated at the Police station where the suspects were at first taken to.
It was learnt that officers of the Department of State Security (DSS) joined the Police in the capture of the suspects.
One of the suspects who distinguished himself as Abdulahi Sheriff, said they are not individuals from Boko Haram, saying they are all ranchers originating from Benin-Kebbi to look for greener fields in the southern part of the nation.
He clarified that their development from the North was because of the drag out dry season in the territory which, he said has influenced their exercises.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Funbi-Fagun police headquarters, Mr. Ogunmoyole said the suspects were caught amid a reconnaissance operation did by the subterranean insect theft squad appended to the division.
He clarified that the suspects were exchanged to the order central station for further examination.
Source: TheNation
