The Police
Command in Abuja says it has begun raid operations to identify Boko
Haram terrorist members that might have infiltrated the Federal Capital
Territory.
The operations follow the dismantling of
the insurgents’ stronghold in Borno State, the Sambisa forest and the
subsequent arrest of a suspected terrorist in the nation’s capital.
Briefing journalists on the development,
the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammed Mustapha, explained that
security operatives have already apprehended some of the suspects.
Mr Mustapha assured residents in the FCT
of their safety, stressing that the Police were working with other
security agencies in all their operations.
The Police on Tuesday, December 20, arrested a suspected Boko Haram member in Abuja.
The suspect reportedly confessed that more members of the sect have found their way into the nation’s capital to seek refuge.
“As we are here, some elements of the
Boko Haram, have always been with us… Definitely they will be all over
Nigeria not only the FCT.
“We are conscious of that and we are
doing raids and you are even aware that two or three of them were picked
up, so it is a continuous process and our raiding is helping and we
will continue to raid.
“The intelligence is there too. People should come out and give information.
“So as these people have been dislodged
and they are coming, we will advise the general public to work with us.
If you suspect any individual, if you suspect them to be people from
those areas, please quietly give us this information,” the FCT
Commissioner said.
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