The Nigerian Army released 128 Boko Haram suspects on Wednesday, after establishing that they had no relationship with the terrorist group.
Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai who handed the detainees over to Gov. Kashim Shettima said that they comprised of 109 men, 7 women, 11 boys and an unattached teenager.
Buratai said that the suspects who were arrested in different parts of the state were released after thorough screening by a team of military intelligence personnel, the police and Department of State Services.
He 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 intelligence corps which comprised the Army, the police and DSS."
Buratai said that the action of the military showed commitment and respect for human rights.
“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,” he said.
NAN
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