Nigeria’s military says it has released 593 people held on suspicion of being linked to militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Reuters news agency reports.
The chief of army staff directed that those arrested be “released unconditionally if found not to have anything to do with insurgency or Boko Haram”, said Brigadier General Abdulraman Kuliya.
Those freed included elderly people and children Reuters reports.
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