Boko Haram Suspect Arrested In Ijora, Lagos(See Photo)

 

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 suspect 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.