Six suspected members of Boko Haram sect, who are on the wanted list of the military in Borno, have been arrested over the weekend by a Civilian Joint Task Force at different locations in Lagos.
Head of the vigilante group, who doubles as the Mai-Kanuribe of Lagos and the Seriki Hausawa of Ijora Kingdom, Alhaji Mustapha Mohammed said that the suspects’ identities marched those on the list of 100 most wanted terrorists released by the military,
The suspects, all indigenes of Borno State, confessed that they fled Bama, Baga and Konduga local government council areas of Borno State as a result of the military offensive against insurgents in the state.
They gave their names as Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Ahmed, Babagana Blam Ali, Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed and Adams.
Talking to pressmen, Mohammed said that Ibrahim Ali and Babagana Blam Ali, who hail from Bama and Konduga local government areas respectively, were arrested at Isheri-Ojodu Berger, while Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed both from Bama and Abubakar Ahmed of Baga council areas, were nabbed at a hideout in Victoria Island.
The sixth suspect, Adam, was arrested close to a church in Festac Town.
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