Boko Haram Members Detained in Ekwulobia Anambra Prison Finally Relocated

 

It has been reported that the suspected Boko Haram members numbering 47 who are detained at the medium security prison at Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state, have been relocated to an unknown place. 

 

It was gathered that over 10 trucks loaded with soldiers arrived the prison at about midnight on Tuesday and whisked the detainees away amidst tight security.

 

As at Wednesday, the heavy security presence that used to be at the prison had been relaxed, as the snipers that usually sat atop a structure at the prison were absent from their duty post. The prison gate was also open, unlike what it used to be in the last three months.

 

The indigenes of Ekwulobia who were happy about the development, disclosed that now that the Boko Haram suspects had been relocated, the people of the area can heave a sigh of relief and sleep with their two eyes closed.

 

It can be recalled that when the suspects were brought to the prison in June, traders in the state and residents of Ekwulobia and the South-east zone, protested for more than a week accusing the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of bringing them to destabilize the economy of the zone, an allegation that was denied by the presidency.