Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole on Friday night,
December 30th, arrested a top Boko Haram commander in the private residence of
the Caretaker Chairman of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to military sources,
the council chairman, who was also arrested is either harbouring or
fraternizing with the suspected terrorist, as he failed to report his presence
to security agencies. Though news about the arrest is scanty, residents of
1,000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri where the chairman lives, said armed men
stormed his house yesterday and arrested both men after receiving intelligence
that the Boko Haram commander had sneaked into the house for safety.
"They first barricaded
everywhere, stormed the house and took them away but I could not go near to
know if they recovered any arms or not," one of the residents told Daily
Trust on Sunday.
A military source said both men have been detained in a
military facility to enable thorough investigation into the matter. All efforts
to get confirmation on the arrest from both the military and the Department of
Security Services (DSS) were not successful.
Source: Daily Trust
Source: Daily Trust
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