The Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA, Mr, Muhammad Sani Sidi, has told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that twenty-two Boko Haram members are among Nigerians deported from Cameroun.
He disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja.
Sidi stated that the Boko Haram members were identified with a peculiar mark on their backs among the 12,000 Nigerians deported from Cameroun residing at the IDPs camp in Mubi. He added that 90 per cent of the deported persons were from Borno State.
“The Camerounian government dumped 12,000 Nigerians at Mubi and we had to move them to transit camps and even open more camps to accommodate them. “Ninety per cent of these returnees are from Borno State with a lot of Boko Haram elements among them.
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We arrested 22 of them yesterday, who were actually planning an attack, they were identified with a mark inscribed on their backs with hot iron in form of tattoos. The mark on their backs indicates that they are ready to die,’’ Sidi said.