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| Wanted Boko Haram suspect arrested in Sapele |
| 2016-01-29 |
| [THENEWSNIGERIA.NG] A middle-aged man suspected to be a member 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 has been apprehended in the southern Nigerian town of Sapele , Delta state, by officers of the 19 Battalion of Nigerian Army. The suspect, Bukar Abacha, was tossed in the calaboose ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... shortly after he arrived the popular Hausa quarters in Sapele. A senior army officer who did not want his name mentioned, said on Thursday that a member of the Arewa community gave the information to"Operation Pulo Shield.'' The Borno-state born suspect was, thereafter, handed over to the Army Headquarters in Abuja for further interrogation, the senior officer said. The officer said that the suspect was on the wanted list of the army He said that a sensitisation exercise tagged "show of force confidence building patrol'' had been inaugurated. "The exercise is aimed at disarming all acts of criminalities such as, kidnapping, pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunkering and killing of innocent citizens in the area. "Before the arrest, community leaders informed us that the suspect was looking strange, psychologically imbalanced and uncomfortable in their midst that called for his doubt as one of them,'' he said. The officer urged the people to give the army necessary intelligent information that would assist to effectively stamp out crime in the society. He urged residents to report people with questionable character or strange movement of persons in their domains. The army pasted lists of names, containing 100 wanted Boko Haram suspects in some strategic places in Sapele metropolis. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Before the arrest, community leaders informed us that the suspect was looking strange, psychologically imbalanced and uncomfortable in their midst that called for his doubt as one of them,'' Banging his head on the ground, was he? |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-01-29 04:46 |