He said the sixth suspect was arrested close to a church in Festac Town.
A Civilian Joint Task Force have arrested six suspected Boko Haram members at different locations in Lagos State.
The suspects were said to have confessed to be indigenes of Borno State,
adding that military offensive against terrorists in Bama, Baga and
Konduga local government council areas of the state made they flee.
They were identified as Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Ahmed, Babagana Blam Ali, Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed and Adams.
Speaking
to newsmen, Head of the civilian Joint Task Force, the Mai-Kanuribe of
Lagos and Seriki Hausawa of Ijora Kingdom, Alhaji Mustapha Mohammed,
revealed that Ibrahim Ali and Babagana Blam Ali, who hail from Bama and
Konduga local government areas respectively, were arrested at
Isheri-Ojodu Berger, while Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed both from
Bama and Abubakar Ahmed of Baga council areas, were apprehended at a
hideout in Victoria Island.
He said the sixth suspect was arrested close to a church in Festac Town.
According
to Mustapha, the task force is spread across 57 local government areas
in Lagos and Ogun states and has been operating for five years, with the
aim of tracking and arresting the terrorists.
He
said the group has in the past made several arrests, and the suspects
handed over to Department of State Service (DSS), the Police while with
some were transferred to Maiduguri, Borno State capital.
On how his group arrested the terrorists, he said: “One
of their leaders that was hiding at a church in FESTAC town was
arrested and handed over to security agents. You know we are from Borno
State where these people also hail from and we know their communities.
Our people back home do monitor them, and once they leave Maiduguri, we
would be alerted so that we can be on the lookout.
“Once
they arrive any community in Lagos, our members are always on ground to
fish them out base on intelligence report and once they are arrested,
we hand them over to security agencies for further investigation and
prosecution.”
Mustapha
confirmed that the six suspects arrested have been moved to Borno State
on Sunday morning, July 10, following directive from security
operatives.