Military frees 144 out of 486 Abia “travellers”

The Nigerian Military has released 144 out of 486 Port Harcourt – bound travellers suspected to be members of the extremist Boko Haram group. They were arrested last week in Aba, Abia State, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, while travelling at night in a convoy of 35 buses from Northern Nigeria.

The defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, had said that a wanted Boko Haram suspect was identified during the screening of those arrested. He did not name the suspect.

But a security source added that after the arrest and in addition to the lone suspect, 86 of the travellers were identified as suspected terrorists.

Abuja Shopping Mall Bombing, Many Died as Soldiers Arrest One Suspect

The explosion which occurred at a major shopping mall, Emab Plaza, in Wuse 2, Abuja claimed many lives.
A witness said the explosion ‎occurred at about 4p.m at Emab Plaza, a busy shopping mall in the highbrow area of Nigeria’s capital city, on Aminu Kano Crescent.

This is the third deadly explosion in the Nigerian capital in two months. The extremist Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility for the two explosions in April and May in Nyanya, a suburb of the capital.

Reports has it that the Nigerian soldiers have killed one of the suspected bombers and arrested another.