Hundreds Of Boko Haram Suspects Arrested In Abia

Hundreds of Boko Haram militants have been arrested in Abia state on Monday, June 16, 2014, according to reports by The Cable.
According to the source, the suspects were arrested along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway by Nigerian troops posted to Abia state.

This arrest comes just a day after the police foiled a plot to bomb a church in Owerri, Imo State and arrested six Islamist extremist while planting the bombs in the church. The suspects were being conveyed in over 30 buses when they were stopped at the road between Aro-Ngwa and Imo Gate along the expressway. Some of the buses conveying more persons were said to have sped off and escaped arrest. The suspects, though described as Boko Haram suspects by state government officials, there is yet no evidence made available to the public to establish a link between them and the insurgents who have been unleashing violence on many northern states since 2009.