The Defence Headquarters has denied media reports that US Marines
have arrested a prominent member of the Boko Haram sect. The reports
came on the heels of the arrival in the country, of foreign intelligence
and security personnel from the US, UK and France, in concerted efforts
to rescue the over 200 school girls abducted by insurgents on April 14
th.
In a statement signed by its Director of Information, Chris
Olukolade, the DHQ said none of the foreign security allies have made
any arrests or carried out any operation in the country, adding that the
pictures being circulated by national dailies and online (see picture
inset) to illustrate the claims in the story, are not related to the
situation in Nigeria as they were taken from scenes in other countries.
“Indeed, no troop of the American Marines has so far been deployed in
any part of Nigeria as is being circulated in certain media.
“International coalition is quite appropriate in handling terrorism
being a trans-border and global crime. The public will be duly briefed
on the areas of collaboration with allied forces in the mission to bring
back our girls as the need arises. There is therefore no need to
engage in misleading speculations while the mission is in progress”,
Olukolade, a Major General, said in the statement issued on Saturday.
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