BREAKING: Boko Haram ‘suspects’ nabbed in Abia

The Suspects 

A day after the police said they had foiled a plot to bomb a church in Owerri, Imo State, hundreds of suspected Boko Haram militants were arrested in Abia State, also in south-eastern Nigeria. They were arrested along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway by soldiers posted to Abia State. 




The suspects were being conveyed in over 30 buses when they were stopped at the road between Aro-Ngwa and Imo Gate along the expressway. Some of the buses conveying more persons were said to have sped off and escaped arrest.


 Although they are described as Boko Haram suspects by state government officials, there is yet no evidence made available to the public to establish a link between them and the insurgents who have been unleashing violence on many northern states since 2009. There are also no initial reports of arms and ammunition being found on them, but state officials say investigations are on.

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