The Military Joint Task Force (JTF), has arrested a Medical Doctor (names with-held) in Borno State, who is the medical consultant to the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram.
The Medical Doctor is at the same time a consultant with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Security sources in Maiduguri said that the arrest of the medical doctor followed a tip-off that the terrorists had a well organized mobile medical facility with which wounded insurgents are treated.
The international connection of the medical doctor was, however, brought to the fore when suddenly, the international human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, sent its officials to investigate the circumstances surrounding the arrest of the supposedly WHO consultant.
"In fact, what gave him out was his suitcase containing sophisticated medical equipment with which he provided diagnostic services to the terrorists", the source said.
Disclosing how the doctor was arrested, the source said: "A truck suspected to be carrying insurgents and IEDS as well as other dangerous weapons was stopped at a checkpoint but it sped off.
Unknown to the truck's driver and other occupants of the truck, there was another checkpoint which had been alerted of their coming. When the truck got to that checkpoint, the security operatives fired at it while the occupants ran into the bush.
"When the truck was searched, various types of IEDS, AK 47 rifles and other bomb-making materials were found. Also found was a suitcase containing medical equipment.
After some time, when the doctor felt the Special Forces had left, he came back to retrieve his suitcase but was ambushed and arrested".
"Immediately the doctor was arrested, Amnesty International was calling the military authorities alleging that an innocent doctor has been arrested by the JTF forces and that he should be released because of his human rights, though the military authorities are not moved by their plea".
The doctor has been moved to Abuja for further interrogations.
