Five suspected members of the dreaded Islamic Sect, Boko Haram
were yesterday arrested in Ibadan by policemen from the Oyo State Police
Command.
They were arrested around 12.30 am at Jagan Community in Akinyele
Local Government Area of the state. The five suspected Boko Haram
members were said to have arrived from Jos on Friday night. The
suspects, who are being detained at the Kajorepo Police Station along
Ojo-Iwo road, are assisting the police in their investigation on their
mission to the state.
A police source who pleaded anonymity said
that the suspects needed to be investigated thoroughly before they could
be released.He wondered why they would come to the state without any
tangible mission.
He however assured that if at the end of the investigation nothing incriminating was found on them, they would be released.
On
Friday night, it was learnt that an occupant of a delapidated building
in the community simply identified as Kazeem had arrived around 11.30 pm
when he discovered that four hefty men were sleeping in his place of
abode.
He was said to have immediately alerted leaders of the
community, who called the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of
Kajorepo Police Station.
The DPO, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY gathered, immediately dispatched some policemen to the scene, who took the suspects to the station.
On interrogation, the suspects told the policemen that they were invited by one of their kinsmen identified as Baba Jennifer.
When
contacted on phone by the community leaders, the man, a security
personnel at the 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Adekunle Cantonment, Ojo,
confirmed that the people came from Jos in search of farm job.
At the station, the said security personnel was arrested and detained at the station while Kazeem was asked to write statement.
Police source said investigation has commenced on the suspects’ mission in the state.
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