Report says a new group of terrorist activists in the state of Sokoto, near the country’s capital, has been arrested
The man who demanded his release for security reasons said the members of the group were “paying zakat from the robbers,” and they “scourged the people who did things that violated the laws of Islam.”
“But all of our attempts to be heard by the security forces in the state were stabbedĺ.
He also noted that there were more than 200 members of the group, including fulani and ravaged Arabs with guns.
“They go home-to-house for money, a lamb will give the naira 2000, and the buyer will give the naira 500.”
The man also confessed that they were taking children in the bush, teaching them some things, “if they were to bring them back, they would give them a motorcycle.”
The Tangaza region in Sokoto State is near neighboring Niger, suspected of new members coming in.
This issue has led to security threats in the area, and security forces have not yet confirmed this issue.
BBC gathered that, in the past, a secret statement contained in a web-based mail was posted on the release of a religious group called Suremen in the states of Adamawa and Nasarawa, which led to the military forces and the rest of the party. security forces in the group.
Religious clergymen have described such groups as dangerous in Nigeria, considering the situation in which the country has been attacked by the Boko Haram sect.
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