Force Heaquarters Bombing - 58 Suspects Arrested

Vanguard

20 June 2011

Force Heaquarters Bombing - 58 Suspects Arrested

Abuja — SMARTING from the bombing of Police Headquarters in Abuja, Thursday, the police authorities, yesterday, arrested 58 sect members including some Somalis when its crack investigating team stormed Maiduguri, the Boko Haram headquarters.

The Federal Government in its determination to crush the Islamic sect also directed the embassies of Somalia, Niger and Sudan to compile a comprehensive list of all their nationals in the country in a bid to move against those who were in the country illegally.

Vanguard gathered that the 58 Boko Haram members were moved to Abuja, yesterday, aboard a military aircraft and are currently being detained at the headquarters of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, amid heavy security provided by both members of the Mobile Police and the Anti-terrorist Squad.