Abuja: Nigerian authorities Friday arrested an alleged high-profile member of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram from the residence of a serving senator in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
In a statement issued on Friday, the Nigerian security forces claimed that a high-profile Boko Haram commander, one Shuaibu Mohammed Bama, who has been on the list of wanted terrorists was arrested by task force troops in a serving senator’s house.
The statement from a military task force in Maiduguri did not name the senator and provided few other details. There have been allegations of links between elements of Boko Haram and local politicians in the past.
“He is in the custody of the (task force) and assisting in the investigation and has since made startling revelations.”
Violence linked to Boko Haram’s insurgency in northern and central Nigeria, including killings by security forces, is believed to have left more than 2,800 people dead since 2009.
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