About 15 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have been arrested in Lagos by security agents.
They were arrested at various parts
of the metropolis, with most of them arrested at Ijora Badia and
Kotankowa areas, NE gathered.
The 15 suspects were among the 1661
people that were arrested by Ops MESA between February and May in the
state.
The General Officer Commanding (GOC)
81 Divi-sion of the Nigerian Army, Major General Umahi, while reviewing
the activities of the army in Lagos and Ogun State, stated that the
Joint Military Task Force, Ops MESA, arrested 1361 miscreants within
the Lagos area, while its counterpart attached to the Quick Response
Squad, arrested 115 criminals along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
“Those arrested by the Quick Response
Squad include 71 males and 53 females. These criminals are among those
terrorising innocent citizens plying the route,” he added.
He said all the suspects have since been handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
General Umahi maintained that the
Quick Response Squad was created by the Chief of Army Staff to assist
the police in patrolling flash points along federal highways.
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