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Nigerian Trops Arrest Wanted Boko Haram Terrorists, 3 Others .. See PHOTOS

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Nigerian troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested one of the Boko Haram suspects in white shirt who is No.5 on the Nigerian Army wanted list and three other suspected members of the group. The vehicle conveying the suspect and three members of the civilian vigilante (Civilian Joint Task Force), were intercepted by troops on Thursday 29th March 2018 at the Forward Operations Base along Kano - Azare road, in Bauchi State. On interrogation, the Civilian Joint Task Force members claimed to have arrested the suspects in Lagos and he is taking them to Department of State Service (DSS) office in Maiduguri for further investigations.  Efforts are being made to contact DSS office in Maiduguri for possible confirmation of the Civilian Joint Task Force claims.  Meanwhile, troops has intensify search on the major highway to arrest any fleeing Boko Haram terrorists.

PHOTOS: Army Hands Over 760 Cleared Boko Haram Suspects To Borno Government

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Nigerian Army has handed over 760 Boko Haram suspects arrested by soldiers during a crackdown on insurgents in North-East Nigeria to the Borno State Government for rehabilitation and reintegration. They were cleared of suspicion after being interrogated by the Joint Intelligence Centre of Operation Lafiya Dole, a statement by the Deputy Director of Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, said. Handing over the suspects, at the Borno State Rehabilitation Centre, Bulumkutu, the Coordinator of the JIC, Brigadier-General Abdulrahman Kuliya, said the crackdown on Boko Haram terrorists and their operational network has yielded positive results. This, according to him, includes marked reduction of the terrorist group’s activities in the North East. He called on all members of the public not to relent in furnishing security agencies with useful information and report any suspicious persons or activities. The Director of the Borno State Rehabilitation ...