31 August, 2015

Nigerian Military Arrests 20 Suspected Boko Haram Chiefs

Nigeria's military on Sunday said it had made important breakthrough within the fight against Boko Haram and captured twenty outstanding members of the militant Muslim cluster suspect for perpetrating deadly attacks.

The Department of State Services (DSS) aforementioned on Sunday that twenty "notable commanders and front line members" of the Jihadist cluster had been captured in Kano, Lagos, Plateau, Gombe and Enugu state between 8th of  July to 25th of August.

President Buhari has made stopping the activities of Boko Haram that has lingered for 6 years of utmost importance; however a Reuters tally shows the militants have killed over 700 individuals in Nigeria in bomb attacks and shootings since he became president on the 29th of May.

The DSS said that a number of those it arrested had made some confessions in line with different attacks that has rocked different cities in Nigeria.





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