BREAKING: Two Bus Loads Of Boko Haram Members Escape To Rivers State

Following the arrest of 486 suspected Boko Haram members in Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, southeast Nigeria, there are indications that two bus loads of the suspects managed to escape to RiversState.The Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Charles Ajunwa statedin a telephone chat withP.M.NEWSthis morning.He, however declined to give further details in the wake of last Sunday’s interception of a convoy of 33 buses conveying 486 suspected insurgents including eight females between Aro Ngwa and Imo Gate along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.The Commissioner for Information andStrategy, Abia State, Dr. Eze Chikamnayo, also explained that two buses escaped with their occupants. The buses appear to be at large as none of them has been tracked down at the time of filing in this report. The 144 Battalion of the Nigerian Armyintercepted the suspects at about 3a.m. on Sunday. They claimed to have come from different parts of the Northern states and aged mainly between 16 and 24 and were said to besearching for jobs.