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| 114 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Abia return to Jigawa |
| 2014-06-29 |
[TRIBUNE.NG] ONE hundred and fourteen indigenes of Jigawa State incarceratedDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! by the military in Abia State on allegations of being members of the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect have arrived Dutse, the state capital, and have been received by the governor, Sule Lamido. Reports from the state indicated that the released indigenes were among the over 496 northerners arrested and detained in Abia State by the military two weeks ago. Speaking while receiving them, Governor Lamido expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over some comments over the matter. The governor, who was represented by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim, noted that, "the present administration under Lamido is deeply concerned with the life and safety of any indigene of the state anywhere in the world he/she resides." According to him, "when we received the information of their arrest and we confirmed that there were some of our people among them, we set up a committee in the House of Assembly and went to Abuja and Abia State. This is the outcome of the committee's work." The 114 consisted of six women, four children and 104 men. |
| Posted by:Fred |