Terror Kingpin Nabbed – Nigeria's Defence Spokesman

Nigeria military authorities say, a terror kingpin in the list of wanted terrorists of security forces, was detected in the ongoing screening of the 486 suspects nabbed on Sunday.

The suspects were arrested while travelling in over 33 Hiace Hummer buses at night along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway early Sunday morning.

Brig. General Chris Olukolade, spokesman for Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters revealed this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that other security agencies including the para-military have joined the screening exercise to ascertain the status of the remaining suspects.

He explained that those identified as possible security risk or illegal immigrants are expected to be identified for further action.

The Defence spokesman said the identified terror kingpin has been taken into custody.