The 182 suspected Boko Haram memebers were yesterday released from detention after months of drilling. The detainees of young men, including women carrying babies with toddlers clinging to their skirts, were freed by Nigerian military following allegations of being members of the insurgents.
Army chief Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minima says they “have been investigated and found to be free of all suspected incrimination.”
He handed them over Monday in northeastern Maiduguri city to Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima to be reunited with their families. Some freed women said they arewidows. Others said they were arrested because their brothers were suspected Boko Haram members.
