[ALLAFRICA] Five suspected members of the dreaded Islamic Sect, Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
were yesterday tossed in the calaboose
You have the right to remain silent...
in Ibadan by coppers from the Oyo State Police Command.
They were arrested around 12.30 am at Jagan Community in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. The five suspected Boko Haram members were said to have arrived from Jos on Friday night.
The suspects, who are being locked away
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
at the Kajorepo Police Station along Ojo-Iwo road, are assisting the police in their investigation on their mission to the state.
A police source who pleaded anonymity said that the suspects needed to be investigated thoroughly before they could be released.He wondered why they would come to the state without any tangible mission.
He however assured that if at the end of the investigation nothing incriminating was found on them, they would be released.
On Friday night, it was learnt that an occupant of a delapidated building in the community simply identified as Kazeem had arrived around 11.30 pm when he discovered that four hefty men were sleeping in his place of abode.
He was said to have immediately alerted leaders of the community, who called the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Kajorepo Police Station.