According to the report carried out by officials, the arrest took place along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. It was provided that 33 buses in total conveyed 486 people who were stopped while some of the buses sped off and managed to drive away. Those detained are believed to be boko haram militants, however the Nigerian military are yet to link between the suspects and boko haram sect. The people pleaded not guilty saying that they came from the country North in search for jobs.
Confirming the information to the journalists the battalion commander Lt. Colonel Rasheed Omolori said:
" two buses escaped adding that the incident was reported to defense headquarters located in Abuja. No other details were provided by the military".The commissioner for Information and strategy, Dr. Eze Chikamnayo, who also attended the briefing, wondered why such a "long convoy" had not been stopped before reaching Abia and considered the size of the convoy movement as suspicious.
Military and state officials claimed that investigation into the arrest had started.
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