According to the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Isidore Edet, Boko Haram insurgents fleeing to Lagos are arrested almost on a daily basis by the division.
“Almost on a daily basis, we arrest Boko Haram members that flee into Lagos just like they flee to other places,” he said. “They have seen that the war is being won so they are running, so the army in conjunction with other security agencies arrest them almost on a daily basis.”
He said the insurgents usually put up a bold front but confess later after much pressure. “When we probe further, they start revealing where they fought, how they killed soldiers, how they detonated bombs in post office, Maiduguri and so on.
“By this, we do what we need to do by sending them to the higher authorities to do what the laws and the constitution of Nigeria says it will do with them,” he said.
He spoke in Lagos on Sunday at the inter-denominational service organised to commemorate the Nigerian Army Celebration Day at Saint Charles Lwanga Catholic Church, Ikeja Cantonment.
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