Army arrest 1,240 B-Haram suspects in Sambisa raid
(Nigeria) The Nigeria Army said it had arrested about 1, 240 suspected Boko Haram terrorists during a mop-up operation by troops inside the Sambisa forest.
Maj. -Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander, Operation
Lafiya Dole, disclosed this while giving update to newsmen on Operation Rescue
Final at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri.
Irabor said that 413 of the suspects were adults; 323 were
female adults; 251 male children, while 253 were female children.
He said that the suspects were apprehended during a mop-up
operation against the sect members in the forest.
“We are interrogating them to know whether they are Boko
Haram members, because there is no way somebody that is not their member would
live inside Sambisa forest.
“We are still on the trail of the terrorists and I want to
assure you that all escape routes have been blocked.
“Within this period, also, about 30 fleeing suspected Boko
Haram members have surrendered to the Niger Multinational Troops on the shores
of the lake Chad and we learnt that they were taken to Difa in the Niger
Republic.
“The suspects include; 24 male and six females.
“We would like to use this opportunity to encourage the
terrorists to give up the fight because the window is still open,” the
commander said.
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