Friday Olokor, Abuja
A middle-aged man suspected to be one of
the fleeing fighters of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested by
officials of a security agency recently established by the Abuja
Municipal Area Council popularly known as AMAC Marshal in the Federal
Capital Territory.
A statement issued on Tuesday night by
the spokesman for the AMAC Marshal, Kingsley Madaki, said the suspect
who gave his name as Usman, was nabbed at 4.30pm at Utako Market.
According to him, the suspect was
apprehended “with a Qur’an and a chaplet on his neck while trying to
lobby people in the market.”
The statement said the suspected Boko
Haram fighter had, however, “confessed that there are so many of his
colleagues out there in the city who are out to unleash mayhem on
innocent residents.”
While calling on the residents of the
FCT to be vigilant and report any suspicious movement to AMAC Marshal
personnel, Madaki said the organisation was out to ensure the safety of
properties and lives of the residents.
While handing over the suspect to the
Nigerian Army at the Mabila Barracks, the Marshal-General of AMAC
Marshal, Kasim Chicha, said the organisation was out to assist the
conventional security agencies in the council.
He, therefore, called on the residents
to be careful and be alert at every point in time, adding that AMAC
would always do everything to protect residents.
Chicha commended the effort of the
council Chairman, Abdullahi Candido, for creating the security outfit
for the security of the council.
The News reported that the
Nigerian Army had invaded Camp Zero, the last Boko Haram’s stronghold in
Sambisa Forest to flush out the insurgents.
This led the terrorists to flee the area and one of the suspected member of the sect was arrested in Lagos last Thursday.
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