173 terrorists, kidnappers arrested by police

About one hundred and seventy three suspected terrorists have been arrested in recent times by the Inspector General of Police Task Force on Terrorism and other Violent Crimes.
Among the arrested suspects were people identified to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram group, cultists, rapists and kidnappers who were allegedly involved in violent crimes in many parts of the country.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the IGP task force also recovered 59 A.K rifles, 11 pump action guns, one Rapid Propeller Grenade, three locally-made pistols, five dane guns and 44 vehicles.
The force, headed by Umar Garba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, arrested the notorious member of Boko Haram group and also swooped on kidnappers hideout in Oru Local Government Area of Imo State, where they held a 75 years old man captive.
A source at the unit, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, disclosed that the four persons, including the leader of the kidnap gang, were picked up by detectives and set the kidnapped septuagenarian free.
The officer said that members of the public, especially in the North, have continued to furnish the unit with information that led to the arrest of some suspected Boko Haram members.
“We picked up suspects in Bauchi, Damaturu, Kano and Kaduna states. We equally uncovered two bomb making factories in Kawo, Kaduna State and another in Bauchi State, the source said.
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