The Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, on Monday arrested four men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram terrorist group at a motor park in Maiduguri, Borno state capital.
According to Modu Bukar, a member of CJTF, the suspects were attempting to flee Maiduguri by bus before they were apprehended at about 7.35am, The Guardian reports.
He said the suspects looked unkempt with signs of starvation and have been handed over to the military for further interrogation.
Bukar said, “These men who claimed to be travelling to the South are Boko Haram suspects, because their identities matched those on the list released by the military on Saturday, including the sect’s tattoo on their arms and backs.”
Meanwhile, the Borno State Police Command and the military yesterday commenced “stop and search” exercise on some roads leading into Maiduguri metropolis, including Damboa, Polo, Giwa Barracks, and Circular roads that lead to Sambisa Forest and the Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road.
The state police spokesman, Isuku Victor, said the stop and search exercise in the metropolis was to check the fleeing insurgents from Sambisa Forest.
“There are intelligence reports that Boko Haram insurgents are in disarray and fleeing to different settlements to take refuge and escape to the Southern part of the country,” the spokesperson noted.
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