Hundreds of people suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect were arrested today in Abia state, according to reports .
This arrest comes just a day after the police foiled a plot
to bomb a church in Owerri, Imo State and arrested six Islamist extremist while
planting the bombs in the church.
The suspects were being conveyed in over 30 buses when the
military men intercepted them at the road between Aro-Ngwa and Imo Gate along
the expressway, reports say.
The Abia state government officials have described the
suspects as members of the dreaded Islamist extremist group, though no evidence
has been made available to the public yet to establish a link between them and
the terror group.
The state officials say investigations are on going.
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