Security guard erroneously arrested as one of the 100 wanted Boko Haram terrorists, released

A statement released by the Acting Director Army

Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman

says that Mr. Abubakar Sadiq who was

erroneously arrested has been cleared by a Joint

Investigative Committee set up by the Nigerian

Army after they confirmed that it was a case of

mistaken identity.

The statement after the cut...

"The Joint Investigation Committee in

Maiduguri has cleared Abubakar Sadiq

earlier arrested as one of the 100 wanted

Boko Haram terrorists. It will be recalled

that Mr Abubakar Sadiq, a security guard at

the residence of Mohammed Daggash in

Maiduguri, was arrested based on the

assumption that he was suspect number 28

on the wanted Boko Haram terrorists lists.

However, a thorough investigation carried

out, as well as new Boko Haram terrorists

video clip acquired and the employment of

forensic analysis, the committee conclusively

confirmed that it was a case of mistaken

identity. The erroneously arrested person

has since been released to his family. The

investigation further showed that Daggash

family have nothing to do with the incident

or associated with any security breach in

Borno State."