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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