The 7 division of the Nigeria Army, Maiduguri,
Borno state on Thursday freed 42 Boko Haram
suspects and handed them to the state Governor,
Kashim Shettima.
Three of the suspects released were Chad,
Burkina Faso and Cameroon nationals and will be
repatriated immediately by the Nigerian
Immigration Services (NIS) to their various
countries.
Handing over the freed suspects in Maiduguri, the
Borno state capital, north-east Nigeria, the Deputy
Director Public Army Relations Officer, Col. Sani
Usman, said it had been established that the
suspects were innocent.
The Deputy Director said “out of the 42 cleared
suspects by the military this month; three are
from the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso,
Chad and Cameroon”.
He called on Borno residents to continue to
accord the needed support to security agencies in
the search for lasting peace in the state and the
country as a whole.
The state governor, Kashim Shettima, while
receiving the released suspects encouraged them
to be engaged in various occupations noting that
“an idle mind is a devils workshop”.
To the students in their midst, the governor said
he will assist them “to go back and complete
your studies while others will also be taken care
of appropriately”.
He then cautioned them not to take vengeance
against the military that detained them during the
investigation and urged them not to engage in
any anti-social activities.
The governor further thanked the army for their
commitment to the fight against insurgency and
their show of transparency by freeing the
suspects.
A student of the Department of Chemistry,
University of Maiduguri, who spoke on behalf of
the freed suspects, thanked Shettima for his
gesture towards them.
Those freed were given the sum of N100, 000 to
resettle themselves.
Th student said he plans to complete his
education with the cash.
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