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More Boko Haram Suspects Will be Released - Nigerian Army

Posted by Odinaka on Fri 11th Sep, 2015 - tori.ng

The military has confirmed that more suspects detained for alleged links with the Boko Haram sect will be released after being cleared.

Nigerian Army on patrol in Boko Haram areas

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that more people detained for alleged links with the Boko Haram sect will be released after being cleared of their involvement by its joint intelligence cell.

Speaking in a telephone interview with the Guardian, the acting director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, on Thursday, September 10, said that the screening of detained suspects would be conducted jointly by intelligence officers from the Army and other security agencies.

"I can tell you that more persons will be released, but contrary to views in some quarters, the release of detained suspects is not the exclusive prerogative of the Army alone. So, it is not for anyone to begin to insinuate that the Army alone determines who is to regain freedom or not.

"What happens is that as the intelligence officers identify innocent persons, they hand them over to the affected state governments for rehabilitation and reintegration," Usman said.