Boko Haram 17 Suspected Sect Members Arrested In Enugu • As Heavily Armed Soldiers Take Over Kano Streets
It was learnt that the security operatives intercepted the religious sect at Okpuje, a border town between Enugu and Kogi States, when they were being conveyed by a young driver and a conductor in a Toyota Bus belonging to the Zamfara State Government with registration number XA 581 MRD.
Saturday Tribune gathered that the incident occurred at a time guests were arriving for the on-going 41st convocation ceremony of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, consequently causing apprehension in the university town and its environs.
Reports from Nsukka said that as the suspects were taken to the Nsukka Urban Police Station, many people in the area besieged the station to have a glimpse of them.
The suspects who are from the North were subsequently taken to the state police headquarters in Enugu under tight security. They were escorted by men of the police anti-terrorism squad and men of the police SARS in six police vans.
Informed source said that the Police had hectic time trying to stop the crowd desperate to see the suspects and their ammunition which were neatly wrapped in synthetic/cellophane materials displayed by the police.
The bus had an inscription “Hattara Gayu” believed to be a symbol in Hausa language.
Apart from the guns and other items aforementioned, the police also recovered other unidentified items stored in bags and cellophane containers as well as some cables rolled up and tied with a rope.
“We were on our normal stop and search when we suspected the vehicle, and we asked them where they were coming from. They said they were Zamfara indigenes coming to do business in Enugu State,” the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Ama-rizu said.
Meanwhile, in order to ensure adequate protection of lives and property during and after Jumaat prayers, on Friday, in Kano city, military armoured tanks as well as security officers were stationed at strategic places in the state capital. This is just as military airforce helicopters as early 6 a.m, on Friday, were seen hovering around the city in an effort to ensure that there was no breakdown of law and order so as to avert a repeat of the incident of the previous Friday where well over a hundred people lost their lives to the Boko Haram bomb attacks that rocked the city.
Also, heavy security checks on vehicles entering and leaving the state capital were noticed, resulting in long queues of vehicles on major roads.
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