20 "Enugu Resided" Boko'Haram Members Arrested.

 

Damn!! their faces really are mean. No fewer than 20 suspected members of Boko Haram were arrested in Enugu on Wednesday after a commercial luxury bus conveying them was intercepted by security operatives.

The bus was reportedly stopped at Obollo Afor in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

It was gathered that the bus, with number plate AKD816XG, was conveying the alleged insurgents from Aba in Abia State to the Northern part of the country.

Our correspondent learnt that the bus was intercepted by a team of the National Task Force on Small Arms, Ammunition and Light Weapons.

It was equally gathered that the commercial bus, which belonged to a popular private commercial company, was impounded by security operatives, pending further investigation.

Also, our correspondent learnt that arms, as well as bags containing army uniforms and other items, were recovered from the suspects.

But Enugu State police commissioner, Mohammed Abubakar, refused to comment on the development while parading four criminals who were arrested for car snatching, at the state police headquarters on Wednesay.

Abubakar said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.

But the police chief disclosed that he had ordered the task force team to transfer the suspects from Obolo Affor to the police headquarters in Enugu.

The suspects are already being detained at the state police headquarters as at the time of filing this report.

However, the police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ebere Maraizu, who confirmed the detention of the suspects, noted that they are not likely to be Boko Haram members.

The police spokesman said the suspects were traders, although he noted that military camouflage uniforms were discovered among them.

He explained that they are being interrogated to enable the police ascertain where they were heading to and how the military camouflage uniforms came into their possession.

But he admitted that they are yet to be released.

Luis Suarez Bites Yet Again.

You are more likely to be bitten by the Uruguay striker than by a shark. The 27year old player "literally" had his own pound of flesh off the Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay-italy match played on June 24th.

FIFA has announced that Suarez has been suspended for nine matches and banned from any soccer-related activity for four months, this ends his world cup as Uruguay prepares to face Colombia in the round of 16 and will keep him out of next year's Copa America tournament. It also prevents him from participating in any activity at the club level with Liverpool until mid-october, but he can be sold during the current transfer Window. In addition to the bans, he has been fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($111,782)

Here's fifa's official statement in full:

"The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided that the player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player). The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup™ fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June 2014. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative teams subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC. · The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC. A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in accordance with art. 21 of the FDC as follows:

the player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing

while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2). The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000. The decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA today. “Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field. The Disciplinary Committee took into account all the factors of the case and the degree of Mr Suárez’s guilt in accordance with

the relevant provisions of the Code. The decision comes into force as soon it is communicated,” said Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. As a result of the four-month ban, Suarez will miss nine Premier League matches and three Champions League matches should he remain with Liverpool amidst rumors of interest from Barcelona and Real Madrid. It also prohibits him from entering

any World Cup stadium or Uruguay's team hotel in Brazil. "For his previous two biting incidents, Suarez was banned seven matches by the Dutch FA and 10 matches by the English FA, respectively".

Well I'll say it's a bit stiff but definitely fit for the penalty.