The Nigerian
Army says it has arrested three Chadians suspected to be members of Boko Haram
sect. Addressing newsmen in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital today,
Maj.-Gen.
Lucky Irabor, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said the arrests
were made on January 26th.
“On January
26th at about 1745 hours, three Chadians were arrested at a check point in
Damasak after a mobile phone belonging to one of them was flipped through and
it shows pictures of men in both military T-shirt and mufti with GPMG, FN and
AK 47 rifles.
The Chadians
are in custody undergoing interrogation” he said The Army Commandant also
disclosed that the army had also intercepted seven females from Niger Republic
last month. "On Jan.16 at about 1715 hours, troops deployed at Cham check
point intercepted seven female immigrants from the Republic of Niger enroute
Yola via Kano. Three of them were with their passports while four had no means
of identification"he said
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