Nigeria: Boko Haram - Ex-Soldier Sues FG, Army Over Son's Detention

A retired military man, Sgt. Burma Abdullahi, yesterday dragged the federal government and the Nigerian Army before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged illegal arrest and detention of his children, including his seven-year-old son.

Abdullahi urged the court to declare as unlawful and illegal the arrest of his children: Ahmed Abdullahi, 16, Mohammed Abdullahi, 11, Haruna Zarkya, 18, and Yahaya Ibrahim, a seven- year-old primary school pupil, by the Army, over their alleged membership of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.

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