The Jigawa Government on Friday received 113 of its indigenes detained and released by the Nigerian Army in Abia.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the
113 indigenes of the state were part of the 486 travellers
recently arrested by the 144 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Abia.
Receiving the detainees at about midnight
hours on Thursday in Dutse, Malam Aminu Ringim, the Chief of Staff
to Governor Sule Lamido, said that the detainees would be properly
screened by the state government.
Ringim said that all chairmen of the 27 local
government councils of the state would be involved in the screening to
determine their true status.
He said that the detainees were released
after a meeting with officials of the state government, Chief of Army
Staff, National Security Adviser and the Minister of Defence.
Ringim, however, cautioned against
politicising security issues in the country, adding that security was
collective responsibility of all.
Some members of the State Executive Council,
special advisers and the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,
Alhaji Salisu Mamuda, were also on hand to welcome the released
detainees to the state.
NAN reports that the returnees were also treated to a grand reception by the state government
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