According to Amnesty International: "ARBITRARY DETENTION OF DR MUHAMMAD MARI ABBA Two and a half year after his arrest, Dr Muhammad Mari Abba has yet to be brought to a court of law. He remains in incommunicado detention. The 36-year-old medical practitioner and consultant for the World Health Organization was arrested on 20 October 2012 in Yobe state. According to his lawyer, Dr Abba was stopped at a police checkpoint while travelling with three other passengers from Damaturu to Jakusko and Nangere LGAs in Yobe state. The other passengers ran away and were chased by the police; Dr Abba stayed in the car and gave a statement to the police. He was then allowed to go, leaving the car behind. When he later realized that he had left his wallet in the car, he went to Damaturu police station, where he was detained. According to the military, IEDs (improvised explosive devices) were found in the commercial vehicle in which he was travelling. He was accused of being a Boko Haram member or sympathizer and after a brief period in police detention was transferred to the Presidential Lodge detention centre run by the JTF in Damaturu, Yobe state. A summary of his case file gives an insight into some of the causes underlying the failure to protect suspects from arbitrary detention. The internal military report on his case, seen by Amnesty International, explains that the military detained suspected Boko Haram members without prosecution as both the police and the Department of State Security (DSS) “declined” to prosecute. In October 2012, the headquarters of ORO III asked Army Headquarters what to do with these suspects and suggested transferring them to the Defence Intelligence Agency. Army Headquarters responded in December 2012 that there were no detention facilities available for detainees." ^[+]