Benue State Security Outfit Arrests Suspected Foreign Fighters Linked To Boko Haram
The Benue State government says its Community Volunteer Guards have arrested five suspected foreign fighters known as Amazonian fighters. It said the suspects who confessed to having links with Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram were between 25 and 40 years old. The Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Lt. Col. Paul Hemba (retd.), who disclosed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday obtained by The PUNCH, said the suspects were arrested on Monday afternoon at Jato Aka roundabout near a drinking joint.
Source: saharareporters.com