A group of suspected repentant Boko Haram insurgents, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, stormed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Customs Service checkpoints at Kasuwan Fara, a suburb of Maiduguri metropolis, chasing away the personnel on duty and setting ablaze all shelters at the checkpoints.
The incident, according to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency media expert, followed a fierce encounter between the suspected ex-Boko Haram combatants and the police at the Kasuwan Fara Divisional Police Office.
The suspected repentant insurgents, reportedly wearing military uniforms, had pounced on the police office to forcefully set free their eight colleagues arrested in the suburb over criminal activities bordering on dealing in hard drugs and others.
The arrest was made on April 24 during a raid carried out by the police on the notorious spot at the criminals-ridden Kasuwan Fara.
It was gathered that…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
