Two Imams and five other members of
the Muslim community in Aba, the
commercial hub of Abia State, were in the
wee hours of yesterday, arrested by
soldiers over alleged suspected bombs.
According to the former Abia State
Amirul-haj and deputy chairman of the
Muslim community in Aba, Alhaji Musa
Iheakaram, the soldiers, who he said,
came in seven Hilux vans stormed the
Aba Central Mosque on Mosque Street at
about 2.00 am in search of bombs
alleged to have been brought into the
mosque.
Iheakaram said the invading soldiers
after searching the mosque, arrested the
Chief Imam, Alhaji Idris Bashir; his
deputy, Mallam Bello Maija-a and a
Youth Corps member serving in a school
at the Mosque.
The soldiers, who came from yet-to-be-
identified army barracks, Iheakaram
stated, also raided the onions market at
Uratta, a suburb of Aba, and after
searching, picked up its chairman and
the Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Bargi and
Alhaji Sanni Jos respectively as well as
Alhaji Inuwa Issa, chairman of Yam
market, Ariaria Junction .
According to the former Amirul-haj, the
soldiers also arrested the chairman of the
Moslem community on Ikot Ekpene Road,
simply known as Alhaji Issa Intersoft.
Alhaji Iheakaram’s words: “At about 2am,
one of my brothers, Alhaji Bala Daura
called to inform me about the raid by
soldiers from yet-to-be-identified
barracks, but before I could rush to the
mosque, the soldiers had taken the Chief
Imam, his deputy and a corps member
away.
“They didn’t end at the Aba Central
Mosque. Another information reaching
me now is that they equally went to the
onions market at Uratta market, searched
everywhere in the mosque; they didn’t
see that Imam. They took the phones of
our brothers that were in that market at
about 3a.m. after they left Aba Central
Mosque and went away with the
chairman of the onion market and his
secretary.
“We also learnt that they went to the
yam market, where they equally searched
and were unable to get anything. They
however, went away with the chairman of
the yam sellers. The Sarki of Ogbor Hill
was also picked by the soldiers when
they carried out a similar operation in
that zone.”
Iheakaram alleged that during the raid on
the Central Mosque, the soldiers left with
some bags containing chemicals used by
students of the school within the Mosque
for their practical studies.
He appealed to the military authorities to
release those arrested unconditionally
since according to him, nothing
incriminating was found in the places
searched.
The Muslim leader said they were yet to
know where those arrested were taken
to, as their members who went to various
military formations in the state were not
allowed to see anybody.
Efforts to reach the Public Relations
Officer of the 14 Brigade of the Nigerian
army, Ohafia and the Ngwa High School
FOB Commander, for comments failed.


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They are nothing less than terrorists. Those imams are the custodians of
Their armoury. What is chemical doing in a mosque.
You can't trick the Igbos if you think you trick the blockheads from South West
And get away with it.

These boko boys are really biting more than they can chew by invading SE, there's no way igbos will not react if anything happens.