The Enugu State Police Command on Monday said it was not aware of the arrest of any Boko Haram member in the state.
Responding to enquiries by our
correspondent, the command also said it had no knowledge of the presence
of Boko Haram terrorists in Enugu State, as announced by the Department
of State Services.
The DSS had, in a statement released on
Sunday, said it had arrested 20 suspected Boko Haram commanders in
Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Plateau and Gombe states.
According to the security agency, the
suspects, who it said were arrested between July 8 and August 25, 2015,
include the masterminds of the suicide attacks in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria
and Jos.
It added in the statement signed by an
official, Tony Opuiyo, that those arrested were notable commanders and
frontline members of the notorious group from different parts of the
country.
However, the police in Enugu State, one
of the states where the DSS said Boko Haram had moved to, said
information available to it did not disclose the presence of the
terrorist sect in the state.
Spokesman
of the Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, told our
correspondent that the command was not aware of any investigation or
arrest, concerning Boko Haram in Enugu State.
“There is no case of Boko Haram investigated by the command, neither was there any arrest by the command,” Amaraizu said.
Amaraizu stated this in an SMS, after our
correspondent asked if the command had put any special measure in place
to ensure the safety of residents and visitors in Enugu, against the
backdrop of the DSS disclosure that th Boko Haram sect had moved into
the state.
But Amaraizu added that police command would continue to keep the state safe.
“Meanwhile, the command is relying on the
already established proactive measures which have so far kept the state
and its environs safe,” he added.
The police spokesman noted that the DSS
did not provide details of the presence and arrest of Boko Haram
commanders in Enugu, unlike the case in Lagos and other areas reported
in the statement.
DSS had, in the statement, identified a
number of Boko Haram suspects it arrested in Lagos, but it did not
provide similar details in the case of Enugu State.
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