Security agents at an Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camp in Damaturu, Yobe state, yesterday arrested a suspected Boko Haram member accused of spying on the camp.
A security official who spoke to the Daily Trust, said that suspect was apprehended after vigilante agents close to the camp reported seeing a unknown man loitering in the area.
The official said: “We arrested him. He claimed to be a Ghanaian who came from a nearby village. We took him to the JTF headquarters for interrogation where he confessed to be a Boko Haram member spying on the area.”
A resident added that the strange man was seen around the camp around 7am in the morning and residents decided to report him to the relevant authorities.
He said: “Nobody knew him in the area and we became suspicious of him.” The residents then alerted the Civil Defence Service Corps guarding the IDPs camp. The corps then arrested the man and handed him over to the military.
Meanwhile, President Muhammudu Buhari has reacted angrily to the latest Boko Haram attacks on Borno and Yobe states.
The president slammed the insurgents for attacking Muslims during the Ramadan month adding that his government will use all availiable resources to crush them.
A security official who spoke to the Daily Trust, said that suspect was apprehended after vigilante agents close to the camp reported seeing a unknown man loitering in the area.
The official said: “We arrested him. He claimed to be a Ghanaian who came from a nearby village. We took him to the JTF headquarters for interrogation where he confessed to be a Boko Haram member spying on the area.”
A resident added that the strange man was seen around the camp around 7am in the morning and residents decided to report him to the relevant authorities.
He said: “Nobody knew him in the area and we became suspicious of him.” The residents then alerted the Civil Defence Service Corps guarding the IDPs camp. The corps then arrested the man and handed him over to the military.
Meanwhile, President Muhammudu Buhari has reacted angrily to the latest Boko Haram attacks on Borno and Yobe states.
The president slammed the insurgents for attacking Muslims during the Ramadan month adding that his government will use all availiable resources to crush them.
