Another suspected terrorist Islamic sect with link to the Boko Haram sect has been uncovered in Bida, Niger State.
Already, the state government has set up a two-man committee with the mandate to identify the sect members and flush them out of the state.
State governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, who made this known in Minna, the state capital, yesterday, said the government had already set up a committee to investigate the activities of the suspects and report back to him within three days to enable government take an urgent step on the matter.
Aliyu said: “The state government is acting on security report given by the League of Imams in the state and this led to the setting up of the two-man committee to investigate the report as a matter of urgency.”
•Excerpted from Vanguard. Photo shows Boko Haram fighters.
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