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.
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