249 suspected Boko Haram terrorists
and accomplices, arrested by troops in several mop-up operations were released
yesterday.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General
Tukur Buratai ordered their release after being cleared by the Joint Military
Interrogation team in Maiduguri.
A statement by Acting Director, Army
Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, said those cleared and released
include 169 males, 46 women and 34 children.
Further breakdown shows that 203 of them were
from 18 Local Government Areas of Borno State, while 44 were from states of
Adamawa, Jigawa, Lagos, Oyo and Yobe with two, two, one, one and 38
respectively.
However, two of them were from the Republic of
Cameroon.
The statement said: “The released
persons were handed over to Borno State government through the Commissioner for
Local Government and Emirate Affairs, Alhaji Usman Zanna by the Acting General
Officer Commanding 7 Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu.
The two foreigners were however handed over to
the Borno State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/army-frees-
249-boko-haram-suspects-borno/
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