The resolve of Nigeria's security agencies to flush out the
dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram from parts of the North, yielded more fruits
culminating in the arrest of agents of the terrorist group in some paramilitary
agencies
Among those arrested
in the latest onslaught was Ahmed Grema Mohammed, a top immigration officer
whose confessions led to the arrest of others who have been carrying attacks on
government officials across some States of the North.
According to the
Spokesman of the JTF, Lt. Colonel Sagir Musa, those already apprehended are
some security personnel who have been carrying out attacks in Borno and Yobe
which he said was a major breakthrough in their efforts at flushing out
insiders in the security forces collaborating with the deadly groups.
A Statement by Musa
said that those arrested have confessed to being active members of the Boko
Haram sect who joined the sect well before the 2009 crisis and received a lot
of training in and outside the country.
He said that Grema
also confessed to have been trained alongside 15 other members of the sect on
weapon handling, assassinations and special operations in Niger Republic.
Musa said Grema was
arrested at a checkpoint on his way to Maiduguri while impersonating as a
Nigeria Army lieutenant.
He further said
during the trip Grema had planned killing a former special adviser to the
immediate governor of Borno state. He also disclosed that Grema had equally
confessed to the killings of some senior civil servants, security agencies and
politicians in Yobe and Borno States who spoke against the activities of the
sect, including the slain former chairman of Damboa LGA, Alhaji Lawal Kawu.
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