Barely 24 hours after the release of another list of 100 Boko Haram
terror suspects, four men suspected to be members of the sect were
arrested yesterday morning by youths of the Civilian Joint Task Force
(CJTF) at the Maiduguri motor park.
The suspects, according to Modu Bukar, a member of CJTF, were
attempting to flee Maiduguri by bus before they were apprehended by the
vigilant youths at about 7.35am.
“These men who claimed to be travelling to the south are Boko Haram
suspects, because their identities matched those on the list released by
the military on Saturday, including the sect’s tattoo on their arms and
backs,” Bukar said yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Borno State Police Command and the military yesterday
commenced “stop and search” exercise on some roads leading into
Maiduguri metropolis.
The affected roads include Damboa, Polo, Giwa Barracks, and Circular
roads that lead to Sambisa Forest and the Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road.
Police spokesman, Isuku Victor, told The Guardian that there are
intelligence reports that Boko Haram insurgents are in “disarray and
fleeing” to different settlements to take refuge and escape to the
southern part of the country.
He said that the stop and search exercise in the metropolis was to check the fleeing insurgents from Sambisa Forest.
