The Taraba Sate Police Command has arrested 39 ‘strange men’
in Nguroje, Sardauna Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s
spokesman, ASP David Missal, disclosed this yesterday, while briefing newsmen
in Jalingo.
Missal said the arrest of the suspicious men, whose ages
ranged between 30 and 40, followed an alarm raised by Nguroje residents. He
said the men, who were allegedly harboured by a woman in the community, were
first taken to Gembu Divisional Police Headquarters, where they were
interrogated and later transferred to the Command Headquarters in Jalingo, for
further investigation.
The police spokesperson said the men claimed to be refugees
from Cameroon Republic, but that their movement was suspicious because they did
not report their arrival in the area to any security agency or any other
appropriate authority.
He said that earlier batches of refugees, who fled the
crisis ridden North-West Cameroon, comprising women, children and the aged,
reported to appropriate quarters and were camped and catered for.
“This set of
able-bodied men only sneaked into Nguroje, passing through other towns and
Gembu, the council’s headquarters, without information,” he said.
Missal, however, said no incriminating item was found on
them, adding that the people were currently undergoing interrogation with a
view to ascertaining their mission in the area.
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