Salkida said Boko Haram had confidence in his objectivity as an investigative journalist, having previously interviewed Mohammed Yusuf, the founding leader of Boko Haram.
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“Audu had already perfected plans to seek for recruitment into the next recruitment scheme of the Nigeria Army, before his arrest”.
Salkida was declared wanted last month by the Nigerian Army.
Nigeria’s Department of State Services said it arrested two Boko Haram members attempting to infiltrate the Nigerian army.
Mr. Falana, his lawyer, said on Tuesday that authorities had denied him access to Mr. Salkida.
“Consequently, appeal was made for their unconditional release by the Federal Government”.
“We also appealed to Nigerians that have any information to volunteer to the military or security agencies to enable us rescue them”.
Giving reasons for declaring them wanted, Colonel Usman said that two recent incidents had pointed to the fact that the suspects were connected to the terrorist group.
During preliminary investigation, the suspect confirmed his photograph on the wanted list and further revealed that he specialized on rearing animals for the Boko Haram group.
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Nigerian intelligence agents Monday detained a journalist off an aircraft arriving from Dubai, over alleged links to Boko Haram and purported knowledge of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, Nigerian media and a security agent reported.
