Top Wanted Boko Haram Commander Nabbed At Borno LG Chairman’s House
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A major breakthrough in the war against Boko Haram might have been recorded following the arrest of a top commander of the terrorist group in the home of a caretaker Chairman of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno state, Alhaji Shettima Lawan Maina.
The Whistler learnt that officers and men of Nigerian Army of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ effected the arrest on Friday night at the home of the chairman at the 1000 housing estate along Maiduguri- Damaturu- Kano road.
The incident according to sources living at the same estate with the Chairman did not come to them as a surprise following the capture of Sambisa Forest, a stronghold of insurgents by troops that led to so many of the terrorists escaped to various places for safety.
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Mafa Local Government is east and about 40 kilometres drive from Maiduguri the state capital which had witnessed series of deadly attacks by insurgents, before it was liberated by the military early last year.
A resident and neighbours of the LG boss said, the military and some security operatives stormed the house after getting an intelligence report that the top Boko Haram commander had sneaked into the house for safety.
Already the source said, both the top Boko Haram Commander and the chairman have been detained in a military facility to enable thorough investigation as to how a wanted terrorist will sneak into the house of the chairman, knowing fully well, that politicians of such caliber do not usually allow access to their house of abode.
