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.
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