‘Boko Haram Are Planning To Attack Abuja’- Arrested Fighters Reveal

A middle-aged man suspected to be one of the fleeing
fighters of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested by
officials of a security agency recently established by the
Abuja Municipal Area Council popularly known as AMAC
Marshal in the Federal Capital Territory.
A statement issued on Tuesday night by the spokesman for
the AMAC Marshal, Kingsley Madaki, said the suspect who
gave his name as Usman, was nabbed at 4.30pm at Utako
Market.

According to him, the suspect was apprehended “with a
Qur’an and a chaplet on his neck while trying to lobby
people in the market.”
The statement said the suspected Boko Haram fighter had,
however, “confessed that there are so many of his
colleagues out there in the city who are out to unleash
mayhem on innocent residents.”
While calling on the residents of the FCT to be vigilant and
report any suspicious movement to AMAC Marshal
personnel, Madaki said the organisation was out to ensure
the safety of properties and lives of the residents.
While handing over the suspect to the Nigerian Army at the
Mabila Barracks, the Marshal-General of AMAC Marshal,
Kasim Chicha, said the organisation was out to assist the
conventional security agencies in the council.
He, therefore, called on the residents to be careful and be
alert at every point in time, adding that AMAC would always
do everything to protect residents.
Chicha commended the effort of the council Chairman,
Abdullahi Candido, for creating the security outfit for the
security of the council.

The PUNCH reported that the Nigerian Army had invaded
Camp Zero, the last Boko Haram’s stronghold in Sambisa
Forest to flush out the insurgents.
This led the terrorists to flee the area and one of the
suspected member of the sect was arrested in Lagos last
Thursday.