SAN FRANCISCO, February 01, (THEWILL) – Two politicians in Borno state and a traditional ruler have been arrested by the army over suspected links to Boko Haram insurgents.
TheCable reports that the names of the politicians are being withheld but claims that they are close associates of an APC governor while the traditional ruler is the first son of another prominent ruler in the state.
The politicians were arrested early this week by detectives and troops from Operation Lafiya Dole.
One of them, who is also an Islamic spritualist, fled the state but was arrested along Maiduguri-Jos road while the second politician was said to be a thug (called ECOMOG) and an aide to some politicians in the state.
THEWILL recalls that the army previously arrested a Local Government Council Chairman over suspected links to the militants.
The arrests were confirmed by Lucky Irabor, a Major General and Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the counterinsurgency team of the army.
“It is true we have arrested some people. They may be known faces. We started picking them one by one. We’re taking them now and we are still investigating them so I can’t give you any detail,” he said.
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