Nigerian Army on Saturday released another 125 persons arrested for allegedly having links with the fundamentalist Boko Haram sect.
This development follows an earlier release of 42 persons who were investigated and found to be having no link with the fundamentalist group.
The 42 persons were released on Thursday to Governor Kashim Shettima.
Handling over the new set of 125 persons to the Borno state governor, the spokesman of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Col. Sani Usman said 254 persons were intercepted fleeing from the state after attack on Boko Haram strongholds in September.
He said the arrest was made in Biu on September 23 and after proper investigation 125 men now handed to the governor were found to have no link with Boko Haram.
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