The Assistant Director of Army Public Relations Officer, 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, Captain Eli Lazarus, made the disclosure while parading the suspects in Port Harcourt
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The Borno State born suspect was, thereafter, handed over to the Army Headquarters in Abuja for further interrogation, the senior officer said
The suspects have been placed on remand pending the conclusion of ongoing investigations, which may lead to charges being filed at the State High Court or the Federal High Court
Earlier, Sheik Muhammad Turi, Zakzaky’s second-in-command, and the group’s spokesman, Ibrahim Usman, were identified among this killed by soldiers
Isidore said the Nigerian Army would like to send an unequivocal warning to all and sundry and more specifically to all those threatening and agitating for the dismemberment of the country
In the statement on Sunday, Usman said: “This is to once again warn all Boko Haram terrorists wherever they are, to desist from all acts of terrorism, surrender themselves and face the law now. We wish to inform them that we are aware of all their hideouts, camps and enclaves
According to the statement, their arrest was part of a follow-up to the recent capture of one of the terrorists’ financiers in Bama
A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by the spokesman of the Nigeria Army Guards Brigade, Captain Bashir Jajira, said all the 17 casualties, including the suicide bombers, were civilians
Gusau said the two operators of the centre, Makinta Umar and John Zakariya, were arrested after a suspected Boko Haram member confessed that the suspects were producing the ID cards for members of the terrorists group.
Now that normalcy has been restored in the area and the communities have resumed their daily activities, the Army has opened the hitherto shut classes where pupils and students are being taught,”
Terrorists also seem to have an inkling of what happens to surrendered suspects as regards screening and de-radicalisation of innocent ones among them.
In addition, the COAS had a durbar with the Special Forces who bared their minds on quite a number of issues to which he obliged them with instant solutions and promises.
He said: “These terrorists have been subdued, even if they are adopting other means and as they are re-strategising, we are also doing same
Receiving the freed suspects, Governor Kashim commended the Nigerian Army and other security agents operating in the state for respecting human rights and doing a thorough job in screening the detainees who were found innocent
The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, in a statement on Tuesday, said the groups of people and their collaborators appear not to be happy with the progress made in the efforts to solve the security problems bedeviling the nation as manifested in the terrorists’ activities
He said at the Zazzaga community in the Sarkin Pawa area that the Army
will leave no stone unturned, and as such the Operation Restore Peace
II, will ensure normalcy returns to the communities.
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Lagos-based lawyer, Femi Falana, is appearing for 68 of the accused soldiers.
They are also being charged with assault, Absence Without Leave, house breaking, conduct prejudicial to good orders, service discipline and other offence
The Forum of Spokespersons of Security and Response Agencies (FOSSRA) has issued a warning over the increasing activities of swindlers that engage in the use of unverified websites and fake social media platforms to defraud unsuspecting public and spread false information.
The Brigade Commander of the 31 Artillery Brigade, Minna, Niger State, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, and the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Niger State Police Command, Desire Nsirim, gave their promises on Monday when the Federal Commissioner of the NPC in charge of Niger State, Alhaji Aliyu Datti, paid them advocacy visits in their respective offices