Police nabbed ten Boko Haram terrorists in Zaria

Following the ongoing clearance operation in the Sambisa forest carried out by the Nigerian army, the Boko Haram sect were forced to flee their hideout

As a result of military’s onslaught 10 suspected terrorists were arrested in Kaduna state

Nigerian police force arrested 10 suspected Boko Haram terrorists, who reportedly escaped from the Sambisa forest.

 Daily Trust reports that the suspects were nabbed in Dogarawa area of Sabon Gari, Zaria

Police area commander in charge, Muhammad D. Shehu, said: “Some good Samaritans volunteered information to us on the activities of the suspects. We immediately mobilised with about 100 mobile police and we successfully surrounded the house the suspects were living in. We were able to apprehend them and they are in our custody at our headquarters.”

The police officer clarified that preliminary interrogation had shown that the suspects were officially at Darul Islam in Niger state, but moved to Sambisa forest to join Boko Haram when the settlement was sacked by the then state administration.


He added that the current onslaught by the Nigerian army in the north-east had made the suspects to move to Kaduna state.

 “Only God knows their mission here in Zaria, but my chat with them revealed that the guys were notorious. There was no sign of remorse with them. They were insisting that what they were doing was the right thing to do. This is why we are urging Nigerians to be wary of the people they live within their communities and report any suspicious movement to security agencies,” Shehu stated.

 Dogarawa is situated on the suburbs of the ancient city along the Zaria-Kano express road.

 The Sabon Gari local government secretariat is currently placed in the settlement.


Recently, a suicide bomber recently detonated a bomb here, killing many school teachers and other civil servants undergoing a screening exercise.

 In 2013, one of the Boko Haram leaders was arrested at Kwantareshen, a neighbouring community to Dogarawa.

The soldiers have in the past cleared suspected hideouts of the insurgents at Kwangila and Gaskiya layout areas of the ancient city.
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