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Nigeria Police Arrests 39 Suspected Cameroon Separatists

Nigeria Police Arrests 39 Suspected Cameroon Separatists
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Reports from Nigeria indicated that police arrested about 39 men suspected to be separatists from Cameroon's restive south.

Nigeria Police Arrests 39 Suspected Cameroon Separatists

Those arrested were apprehended on Thursday by security forces in the town of Nguroje, in the country's northeastern Taraba state.

Locals who spoke to Africanews correspondent Ibrahim Abdul Aziz said the alleged "separatists" have been hovering in the area for more than two weeks having training sessions on gun shooting.

They were initially arrested by the military before being handed over to police divisional headquarters in the town of Gembu.

They claimed to be refugees from Cameroon Republic, but their movement was suspicious because they did not report their arrival in the area to any security agency or any other appropriate authority.

"The gun trainees numbering 39, comprises of five trainers suspected to be Niger Delta militants from Nigeria's south along with 34 Cameroonian trainees" a local chief told our correspondent on condition of anonymity.

Taraba State police spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police, David Missal, confirmed the arrests to newsmen in the state capital, Jalingo. He, however, disputed the account of locals by saying there were no incriminating weapons found on the detainees.

Missal, added that the age range of the suspects was between 30 and 40 years. Their arrest he stressed followed an alarm raised by residents of Nguroje. Interrogations are underway to ascertain their "mission" in Nigeria.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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