Abuja — The Joint Task Force, JTF, implementing the state of
emergency imposed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, has arrested a
medical doctor (names with-held) in Borno State, who is the medical
consultant to the terrorist group. He is at the same time a consultant
with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Vanguard gathered from reliable security sources that the arrest of
the medical doctor followed a tip-off that the terrorists had a well
organized mobile medical facility with which wounded insurgents are
treated.
The international connection of the medical doctor was, however,
brought to the fore when suddenly, the international human rights watch
dog, Amnesty International, sent its officials to investigate the
circumstances surrounding the arrest of the supposedly WHO consultant.
"In fact, what gave him out was his suit case containing
sophisticated medical equipment with which he provided diagnostic
services to the terrorists", the source said.
Disclosing how the doctor was arrested, the source said: "A truck
suspected to be carrying insurgents and IEDS as well as other dangerous
weapons was stopped at a check point but it sped off. Unknown to the
truck's driver and other occupants of the truck, there was another
checkpoint which had been alerted of their coming. When the truck got to
that checkpoint, the security operatives fired at it while the
occupants ran into the bush.
"When the truck was searched, various types of IEDS, AK 47 rifles and
other bomb-making materials were found. Also found was a suit case
containing medical equipment. After some time, when the doctor felt the
Special Forces had left, he came back to retrieve his suit case but was
ambushed and arrested".
The source added that "immediately the doctor was arrested, Amnesty
International was calling the military authorities alleging that an
innocent doctor has been arrested by the JTF forces and that he should
be released because of his human rights, though the military authorities
are not moved by their plea".
In another development, Vanguard gathered that the recent attack at
Government Secondary School, near Potiskum in Yobe State during which 29
students and a teacher were killed, was the fallout of the arrest of a
lawyer with alleged links with the sect.
Vanguard gathered that the lawyer (names with-held), was the one who
always provided legal services for suspected Boko Haram terrorists each
time they were arrested and he was said to be an ideological/
intellectual contributor to their activities in Yobe State.
Following his arrest by JTF forces, the lawyer allegedly said, "So
you have arrested me. Let me warn you that this town will know no peace
until I am released".
The source said that two days after, the secondary school near Potiskum was attacked and the children (students) slaughtered".
After the massacre of the children, neighbours living in the area
said they heard the terrorists shouting "Allahu Akbar, yes we have taken
revenge for his arrest".
The source said: "The most horrifying aspect of the students' killing
was that they asked the students, both boys and girls to pull off their
dresses, and any student found with pubic hair on his or her private
parts, was not only shot and killed, they also used axes or machetes to
cut off their legs from their body".
Both the medical doctor and the lawyer are however said to be in
custody of the JTF forces and would not be released until investigations
into their alleged connivance with the terrorists are concluded and
they are prosecuted".
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