Yobe bombings: Police move Boko Haram suspects to Abuja

Yobe State Police Commissioner Suleimon Lawal yesterday confirmed that some suspects have been arrested in connection with the Friday, November 4 bombing of police and federal government formations in Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State. He said all the suspects have been been transferred to Abuja.The confirmation came in the wake of complaints from residents of 'Jerusalem', a Christian dominated area in Damaturu over poor security arrangement in the area.However, a top military source who spoke in confidence said 'many soldiers' have been deployed to Damaturu from the 241 Reece Battalion in Nguru.'We have sent more soldiers in order to increase the number of security personnel in the state capital,' the source said.The police commissioner who said people should stop panicking added: 'The combined efforts of the Police, Army and State Security Service (SSS) have yielded positive result that led to the arrest of some members of the Boko Haram that carried out multiple attacks in this (Yobe) state.'We picked them in their hideout in Gujba and have completed our investigation. We have taken the suspects to Abuja for further interrogation. Whoever wants more details on what we have done should contact the Force Headquarters,' the commissioner said even as he declined to mention how many suspects were arrested.Our correspondent who visited 'Jerusalem' yesterday reports that most of the residents have moved away to more secured places.'We are not fleeing out of the state because nobody can tell what will happen in any other part of the country. We are only moving to safer locations,' Jerimiah Saleh, who moved to Nassarawa area of the metropolis, said.'We would definitely come back to Jerusalem when adequate security arrangements are completed,' he said.Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Garba Idi told Daily Trust that officials of the association had in a meeting in Damaturu yesterday noted that they were not comfortable with the security arrangement in Jerusalem, the area that is dominated by Christians. 'We are calling on all Christians in the state to be calm,' he said.Few shops opened for business in Damaturu yesterday while many civil servants who travelled out to their villages are yet to return as few people were seen at the state and federal secretariats.
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