Army arrests Boko Haram members in Lagos
Several Boko Haram members fleeing the battlefield in the North- East
have been arrested in Lagos by the Nigerian military, reports Sun.
The
General Officer Commanding, 81 Division Headquarters, Major General
Isidore Edet, made this disclosure on Monday evening at the decoration
of 12 officers to the ranks of lieutenant-colonel, colonel and
brigadier-general.
Edet said the arrested Boko Haram members were
among those fleeing the battlefield in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States
and were fleeing down South to continue their nefarious activities.
He
said investigations have commenced into the activities of each Boko
Haram member and that they were undergoing interrogation to fish out
other members of the group.
The Department of State Service (DSS) had on October 24 arrested and
charged 45 suspected members of Boko Haram to a Magistrate Court over an
alleged plot to attack Lagos.
The suspected Boko Haram members were accused of planning to bomb Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi.
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