The
military authorities have announced the arrest of Idris Babawo, a top commander
of the Boko Haram sect.
According
to Sani Usman, army spokesman, the Ondo police command captured Babawo in the
state.
Usman
said Babawo, who also goes by the name Idoko or Nagada, is number 156 on the
list of wanted Boko Haram members released by the army.
“The
Ondo state command of the Nigeria police on September 24 at about 2pm, arrested
a wanted Boko Haram terrorist, Idris Ibrahim Babawo, believed to be number 156
on the wanted Boko Haram terrorists list,” he said in a statement.
“He
was handed over to the 32 brigade, 2 division, Nigerian army at about 2pm on
September 25.”
He
said preliminary investigations showed that the suspect hail from Chinade
village in Katagum local government area of Bauchi state.
He
said Babawo escaped from the north-east because of what he described as
“sustained military onslaught on the jihadists”.
Source: www.thecable.ng
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