The military have intercepted some youths based on their clandestine movement. A statement on the official website of the Defence Headquarters said officers of the Special Task Force who are currently trying to unravel the motive for their movement intercepted the youths who were travelling from Maiduguri to Abuja at about 3:00 a.m.
The statement said that the youths were accosted in Plateau State on Wednesday 13 August.
They numbered about 51 and were under the guidance of a lady as they were being conveyed in three eighteen-seater mass transit buses when they were intercepted along Babale in Plateau state as they journeyed from Maiduguri to Abuja in the night.
“During the interrogation that followed, they claimed they were being conveyed to Abuja on the directives of a Borno State Government official to meet their relatives for assistance in an economic empowerment programme.”
The statement said that the alleged official is yet to respond to series of efforts to verify the claims.
“The issue is being investigated to ascertain the genuine mission of such a team of young persons moving in the night more so as they have made contradictory statements as to the sponsorship of their mission to Abuja.”
“The movement is being assessed in the light of the security situation and the suspicious claims of the youths,” the statement read..
The statement said that the youths were accosted in Plateau State on Wednesday 13 August.
They numbered about 51 and were under the guidance of a lady as they were being conveyed in three eighteen-seater mass transit buses when they were intercepted along Babale in Plateau state as they journeyed from Maiduguri to Abuja in the night.
“During the interrogation that followed, they claimed they were being conveyed to Abuja on the directives of a Borno State Government official to meet their relatives for assistance in an economic empowerment programme.”
The statement said that the alleged official is yet to respond to series of efforts to verify the claims.
“The issue is being investigated to ascertain the genuine mission of such a team of young persons moving in the night more so as they have made contradictory statements as to the sponsorship of their mission to Abuja.”
“The movement is being assessed in the light of the security situation and the suspicious claims of the youths,” the statement read..
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