were arrested because their brothers were suspected Boko Haram
members.
Maiduguri: Nigeria's military has freed 180
detainees held for months, including women carrying babies
with toddlers clinging to their skirts, declaring they are no
longer suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamic
extremist insurgency.
Army chief Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minima says they "have been investigated and found to be free of all suspected
incrimination."
He handed them over Monday in northeastern Maiduguri city
to Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima to be reunited with their
families.
Some freed women said they are widows. Others said they
were arrested because their brothers were suspected Boko Haram
members.
President Muhammadu Buhari's government says it's investigating an Amnesty International report that last month charged Nigeria's military for the deaths of 8,000 detainees, some killed outright and others who died of starvation and suffocation.
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