Newly Formed Benue Volunteer Guards Arrest Five Suspected Foreign Fighters Linked To Boko Haram
The newly formed Benue Volunteer Guards inaugurated by the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, said they have arrested five suspected foreign fighters known as Amazonian fighters and linked to Boko Haram.
The suspects were arrested at about 3 pm on Monday at Jato Aka roundabout near a drinking joint in Kwande local government area of Benue state.
The Volunteer Guards gave the names of the suspects as; Stanley Vincent 25yrs, OJONG David, NJEKE Ronaldo 42yrs, NGUM Nelson Emmanuel and OBEM Tabel Samuel — 26yrs.
A statement issued by the Security Adviser, Retired Lt Col Paul Hemba, one of the suspects, Stanley, was discovered during interrogation to have disguised to be personnel with the Nigerian Army, serving at Ojo, Lagos State.
He said Stanley added, “That he was assigned by his boss to come and escort them to Cameroon. However, his identity card was not found on him, which triggered suspicion on those suspects.
The statement reads, “On 22nd August, 2022 about 1500 hours at Jato Aka Roundabout, near DZOHO Aondofa Drinking Joint, Kwande LGA, BSCVG arrested Five (5) Ambazonian Fighters suspected to have had linked with not only Boko Haram but also Ambazonians fighting the Republic of Cameroon for years. The names of the suspects were;
”Further checks revealed that chemical weapons which carry a labels ‘DANGER’, Military Uniform, charms, and undisclosable number of ammunitions were found on the Amazonians who further disclosed to have stayed at Agogo Hotel, Jato Aka, for a period of six (6) months uninterruptedly, a hotel owned by one Dooorun AGOGO,” the statement read in parts.
The Security Adviser intimated that the suspects had been handed over to police in Adikpo, headquarters of Kwande local government.
Hemba added that the criminal activities of the suspects might not be unconnected to armed robbery and kidnapping incidences which had occurred in the council area in the past 6 months.
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