Edo police arrest four suspected Boko Haram terrorists

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Police in Edo State on Thursday said they had arrested four suspected members of Boko Haram who escaped into the state after perpetrating heinous crimes in neighbouring Kogi State.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed DanMallam, disclosed this in an interview with theDanMallam said that the suspects were nabbed on a tip-off in their hide-out in Afuze, Edo North Senatorial District.He said that on interrogation, one of the suspects confessed to having killed 40 of his victims, while another confessed to have escaped from Koton Karfi Prison in 2014, and also participated in an armed robbery in Ekiti in 2013.

He explained that 34 suspects had been arrested in connection with armed robbery, and four others apprehended in connection with kidnapping. The police chief disclosed that nine victims were rescued from suspected kidnappers, while 11 vehicles were also recovered.

 

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