- A father and his son have been arrested by soldiers along with two other Boko Haram suspects in Yobe state
- During investigation, the suspects told the soldiers that they were escaping from their hideout because of the unbearable military onslaughts and bombardments
- The FCT police command arrests the second in command of a unit of Boko Haram at Gwako village in Abuja
Four Boko Haram suspects including a father and son affiliated with the group have been arrested by some soldiers in conjunction with vigilantes at Kurnari village and Nayinawa in Yobe state.
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The army spokesperson, Brig-Gen Sani Usman, in a statement on Tuesday, July 25, stated that the insurgents were arrested on Monday, July 24, by troops of 233 Battalion, 27 task force brigade of Operation Lafiya Dole with the assistance of vigilantes who were on routine patrol.
General Usman gave the names of the suspects as Bukar Waziri, aged 25 years and Mammade Lawan, aged 20 years, from Buk, while the father and son, Muhammadu Damina, aged 40 years and Isah Muhammadu aged 15 years, were from Talala.
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“During preliminary investigation, they claimed that they were fleeing from the terrorists’ hideout at Talala and Buk in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State because of the unbearable military’s onslaughts and bombardments on their various locations,” General Usman stated.
Father and son, Muhammadu Damina, aged 40 years and Isah Muhammadu aged 15 years, photo credit SK Usman - Facebook
Bukar Waziri, aged 25 years and Mammade Lawan, aged 20 years, photo credit: SK Usman - Facebook
Meanwhile, the FCT police command on Sunday, July 23, arrested the second in command of a unit in Islamist group, Boko Haram, at Gwako village in Abuja.
According to Vanguard, the suspect, 20-year-old Seth Yakubu hails from Obi local government area in Nasarawa state.
NAIJ.com gathered that he was arrested at about 11.30am after police received a tip-off on his suspicious behaviour from people around him.
According to the FCT commissioner of police, Musa Kimo, the suspect while confessing to his membership of Boko Haram said he escaped to the village from Sambisa forest after their hideout was dislodged by the Nigeria Air Force through a major air-strike about a week ago.
He further confessed that he left Maiduguri on Friday, July 21 and arrived Gwako village on Saturday, July 22 at about 10pm to conceal his identity and seek refuge.
The suspect said he was lured to join the Boko Haram terrorists group by a young man who approached him with a promise of an automatic employment into the Nigerian Army only to end up with the sect group.
In the video below, the Nigerian Air Force gives an update on operations against Boko Haram in 2017.
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