A wanted terrorist is among the 486 Boko Haram suspects arrested on Sunday by the Nigerian Army in Abia State en route to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, in a statement in a statement yesterday said during the screening of the suspects, the terror kingpin who had been on the wanted list was identified and taken into custody.
“So far other security agencies including the para-military have joined the screening exercise to ascertain the status of the remaining suspects,” the statement said. “Those identified as possible security risks or illegal immigrants are expected to be identified for further action.”
The Nigerian Army had on Sunday arrested 486 persons who were travelling in a motorcade of 35 Totota Hummer buses along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. This came a few hours after a failed bomb attack on Living Faith church in Owerri, the Imo State.
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