The military claimed that among 486 “travellers” arrested in Abia state who were riding in a “suspicious” convoy of over 30 buses was a wanted Boko Haram kingpin. A Northern Nigerian Traders leader claimed that the suspects were patriotic Nigerian traders. Eight women were among the 486 suspected Boko Haram members detained. A suspected Boko Haram bombing of a soccer viewing center in Yobe in Damaturu state yesterday killed 21 people and injured 27 more.
