Boko Haram Suspects arrested in a Luxury Bus in Enugu

Online reports claim that security operatives on Wednesday intercepted a luxury bus conveying over fifty suspected members of Boko Haram at Obollo Afor in Udenu council area of Enugu state.

Unconfirmed reports had it that the alleged insurgents were heading to different parts of south-east and south- south parts of Nigeria.

They were apprehended in the wee hours by a team of National
Task Force on Small Arms, Ammunitions and Light Weapons in  a bus with registration number, AKD816XG belonging to the Young Shall Grow Transport company, during a stop and check exercise by the security operatives.

When asked to confirm the arrest of the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, who had earlier paraded four criminals, nabbed for car snatching, declined comment, saying he was yet to get detail information on the incident.

Though, he hinted that he has ordered the task force team to transfer the suspected to the police headquarters in Enugu.

Abubakar said that full scale investigations will be carried out to authenticate the true mission of the 21 suspects.

“I wouldn’t tell you we arrested people with arms or whatever but all that I know is that we have arrested some people and we did not say they are Boko Haram because people can speculate. For us we don’t speculate until we investigate and after the investigation, we come up with the facts. We have arrested some people from Obolloafor and the matter has just been transferred to us from Obolloafor, but we have not yet gone into the facts of the case, the moment we get details, we will call you back or do a press release. People should know what is happening”, he said

At about 11.30 am  Wednesday, the suspects whose ages ranged between 20 and 35 years were brought to the state police headquarters by the luxury bus accompanied by full military and police security escorts.”

Items recovered from the alleged insurgents, our correspondent learnt includes arms as well as bags containing Army uniforms, amongst others.

The arrest of the 21 suspects at Obollo-Afor has reportedly sent shivers to residents of the area and the entire South-East that were still grappling with the insecurity in the nation