Police arrest 56 Boko Haram suspects in Kogi

The Police in Lokoja have arrested 56 persons suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect.

Emmanuel Ojukwu, the state commissioner of police, disclosed this to journalists in Lokoja, capital of the state, on Tuesday.

Ojukwu said that the suspects were arrested at Angwa Tiv in Obajana village, a suburb of Lokoja.

He said the suspects were nabbed from their various hideouts on September 19, revealing that the police raided the place after a gun attack on a police patrol vehicle in Obajana on September 4.

He said a police inspector was killed during the attack.

Ojukwu said the junction had served as haven for criminal elements that had been killing and maiming innocent people for years, disclosing that dangerous weapons and drugs were found in their possession.

The commissioner said the suspects would be charged to court very soon.

Ojukwu also showed the corpse of a robbery suspect who was fell by police bullet at Odu village in Dekina local government during a shoot-out.

The corpse was presented to reporters alongside other robbery suspects recently arrested at different locations in state.

He said his men were trailing other suspects that participated in the Odu village robbery operation.