Troops
arrested no fewer than 12 fleeing suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri,
the Borno State capital, on Thursday, Colonel Sani Usman, the acting Director
of Army Public Relations, has said.
Usman in
a statement on Friday in Abuja said all the arrested suspects had been handed
over to Joint Investigation Committee for further action.
He added
that 18 cows were recovered from them and handed over to
the Cattle Market
Committee for screening and identification and subsequent hand over to their
rightful owner.
Usman
said while some of the suspected terrorists were arrested at the cattle market,
others were apprehended at checkpoints.
He named
them as Abur Modu Magaji, Ibrahim Chari, Bulama Magaji, Nde Ngude, Mustafa
Fannami, Abubakakar Modu, Mohammed Merai and Abur Mustafa.
Others
are Bakura Agwala, Jatau Yaga, Umar Modu, Abacha Umar and Umar Babagana.
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