A suspected member of the Boko Haram sect identified
as Abdullahi Adamu has been arrested by Security operatives
attached to Operation Mesa (OP Mesa) in Ijora area of Lagos
State following a tip-off by residents of the community.
The suspect, identified as Abdullahi Adamu, was apprehended during
a raid carried out by operatives of the security outfit comprising
the Army and the State Security Service (SSS).
According to The Nation, the raid, which took place at the Ijora
7-Up area of Lagos, came after a tip-off on the activities of a
terror network allegedly co-ordinated by Iranians.
The suspects was arrested after soldiers ransacked one of the
buildings in the area. Adamu was said to have concealed some
devices suspected to be explosives in boxes, which were stacked in
the ceiling of the house. Also recovered alongside the suspected
explosives were two AK47 rifles.
Commenting on the arrest, the paramount ruler of Ijora
community, Oba Fatai Ojora said
"We have been calling on the state government to do something
about this. This is the second time we will arrest Boko Haram
suspects in this community and nothing has been done on that. The
one we caught now had even admitted that he is a terrorist. You
know that majority of the northerners in Lagos live in Ijora, Agege
and Badia.’’he said
Another member of the community who spoke on condition of
anonymity said “People came to me that they saw one man on the
internet and that he is a member of Boko Haram, saying they
know where he lives. They said they are going to his house and
identify him. They arrested him and handed him to Oba of Ojora,”
he said.
as Abdullahi Adamu has been arrested by Security operatives
attached to Operation Mesa (OP Mesa) in Ijora area of Lagos
State following a tip-off by residents of the community.
The suspect, identified as Abdullahi Adamu, was apprehended during
a raid carried out by operatives of the security outfit comprising
the Army and the State Security Service (SSS).
According to The Nation, the raid, which took place at the Ijora
7-Up area of Lagos, came after a tip-off on the activities of a
terror network allegedly co-ordinated by Iranians.
The suspects was arrested after soldiers ransacked one of the
buildings in the area. Adamu was said to have concealed some
devices suspected to be explosives in boxes, which were stacked in
the ceiling of the house. Also recovered alongside the suspected
explosives were two AK47 rifles.
Commenting on the arrest, the paramount ruler of Ijora
community, Oba Fatai Ojora said
"We have been calling on the state government to do something
about this. This is the second time we will arrest Boko Haram
suspects in this community and nothing has been done on that. The
one we caught now had even admitted that he is a terrorist. You
know that majority of the northerners in Lagos live in Ijora, Agege
and Badia.’’he said
Another member of the community who spoke on condition of
anonymity said “People came to me that they saw one man on the
internet and that he is a member of Boko Haram, saying they
know where he lives. They said they are going to his house and
identify him. They arrested him and handed him to Oba of Ojora,”
he said.
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