Abuja, 28 Aug-(ANA)-Police in Nigeria say they have captured 30 members of a sect behind last month's Islamist uprising.
They had fled the north-eastern city of Maiduguri after their Boko Haram group attacked several police stations, leaving more than 700 people dead.
The arrests were made in nearby AdamawaState, but the police refused to comment further.
Controversy surrounds the death of sect leader Mohammed Yusuf, who was shot after his arrest last month.
Police say Yusuf was killed in a shoot-out when he tried to escape, but human rights groups say it was a summary execution.
The sect, also known as the Taliban, said it was fighting against Western education and believed Nigeria's government was being corrupted by Western ideas.
It wanted to see Islamic law imposed across the country.
Boko Haram militants, armed mainly with machetes, launched the simultaneous attacks on police stations in different parts of the north.
Hundreds of them were killed as the security forces retaliated. (ANA)
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