Suspected Boko Haram member
A suspected member of the outlawed fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram has been arrested in Ijora area of Lagos.
The Nation reports that the suspected terrorist identified as Abdullahi Adamu, was apprehended by Operation Mesa (OP Mesa) security operatives in Ijora, Lagos after they got tipped by observant residents of the area.
The security operatives had acted on a hint by raiding the Ijora 7-Up area of Lagos when they were informed about the activities of a terror network allegedly organized by Iranians. During the raid, soldiers were said to have thoroughly checked one of the buildings in the area. Adamu was however arrested with a box full of explosives and AK47 rifles all stacked up in the ceiling of the house.
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."
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.”