The Nigerian Army has released 128 people, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram.
The suspects- 109 men, seven women, 11 boys and a teenager- were released on Wednesday, to the Borno state government after the Army concluded its investigations to ascertain whether or not, they had ties with Boko Haram.
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, handed over the released suspects , to the state governor, Kashim Shettima.
Buratai said: “The task of Operation Lafiya Dole can be seen in three terms, to defeat the insurgents, to facilitate humanitarian activities and observe human right and restore the administrative functions in the liberated area.
We are here to formally hand over those arrested in the process of our operations; we are pleased to hand over the 128 suspects that have been cleared by the joint intelligent core, which comprised the Army, the police and DSS.
This is clear manifestation that the army is clearly professional. We will continue to emphasis that this terrorism will soon come to an end.
We have been supported by President Muhammadu Buhari; we are getting more equipment and we are getting more of our troops redeployed to the operation.”
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