Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Two suspected fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were arrested in Lagos State on Sunday, 21 December, PREMIUM TIMES can report.

The suspects-Modu Gana and Ibrahim Dugge-were apprehended by operatives of the State Security Services (SSS).

A security source with direct knowledge of the arrests told this newspaper that Messrs Gana and Dugge were arrested in Apapa, Lagos.

"They were arrested around 8:45 am on Sunday," the source said, adding the suspects have been detained for interrogation.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the arrests followed intelligence that the suspects fled from the insurgency-ravaged North-east to Lagos.

When contacted, an official from the SSS's media unit stated that the arrest...