13 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Lagos, Kogi, others – SSS
The State Security Service, SSS, said on Tuesday that its operatives arrested 13 Boko Haram suspects in various parts of Nigerian including Lagos State. In a report by Tony Opuiyo on behalf of the agency, the secret service said its operatives on January 10 in Oko Oba area of Lagos State arrested four suspected fleeing members of the Boko Haram. Nine others were also arrested in various parts of the country, the agency, also called DSS, stated. The suspects picked in Lagos were identified as Fanayi Bukar Hassan, Butame Hassan, Kologoni Bukar, and Amina Abubakar. They were suspected to have fled to Lagos to evade arrest in the ongoing military offensive in the north-east. The service also arrested, on January 10, a kingpin of the sect in Okene town, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Identified as Abdullahi Mohammed, he was said to be the leader of the Boko Haram sect in Okene and was responsible for the coordination of Boko Haram activities in Okene axis of Kogi Stat...