The Defence Headquarters yesterday via electronic mail said that a wanted top terror suspect is among
the 486 suspected Boko Haram members arrested by soldiers in Abia State.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris
Olukolade, said the terror kingpin was identified during the screening of the
suspects by the Army and other security agencies.
“A terror kingpin in
the list of wanted terrorists of security forces in Nigeria has been detected
in the ongoing screening of the 486 suspects nabbed while travelling in over 33
Toyota Hiace Hummer buses at night along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway
last Sunday.
“So far, other security agencies, including the
para-military agencies have joined the screening exercise to ascertain the
status of the remaining suspects.
“Those identified as possible security risk or illegal
immigrants are expected to be identified for further action.
“The identified terror kingpin has been taken into custody.
Further development will be communicated to you in due course.”
Olukolade added that the focus of the ongoing screening was to identify those that could be
considered possible security risk or illegal immigrants.
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