Imo Government Deports 84 Boko Haram Suspects To Katsina

For fears that they might be members of the dreaded Boko
Haram, Imo State government, weekend, sent back to Katsina  about 84 persons.

The deportees, mainly youths, had been in Imo State for
eight days under-going skill acquisition training when the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, in the state raised an alarm that they might be Boko Haram
insurgents.

The young Muslims, who had spent about eight days in the
state, were quartered in the premises of Imo Newspapers Limited, on Egbu Road,
Owerri, which is now renamed “Imo College of Advanced Professional Studies,
ICAPS.”

A security man on guard in the premises, who spoke on strict
grounds of anonymity, explained that government had no other option than to
send them safely back home.

“The alarm by PDP raised palpable fears that people could
descend on the innocent students. Government had to cut short their training
and sent them back to their state,” the man said.

Speaking to inquisitive journalists in Owerri, the Director
General of ICAPS, Mr. David Day, confirmed that the establishment trained
youths on skills and leadership programmes.

“We do not train miscreants, criminals and members of Boko
Haram in ICAPS. We had to cut short the training of 84 literate youths from
Katsina State, as a result of the alarm, which obviously put their lives in
danger,” Mr. Day said.

Vanguard