A
Boko Haram leader, identified only as Umar, has been arrested in Lagos.
The
Punch learnt
that Umar was arrested by the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response
Team on Thursday.
A
member of the team, who broke the news on Instagram, claimed that
the suspect was the most wanted leader of the insurgents, adding that he was
behind the Kuje and Nyanya bombings in Abuja in 2015.
“Umar
is the most deadly and most wanted Boko Haram leader in Abuja, and the
mastermind of the Kuje and Nyanya Abuja bombings of 2015, gang leader of
Galadimawa Roundabout attack in which seven police officers were killed; Lugbe
police officers killer; Gwagwalada area police killings, all in Abuja; overall
commander of Edo and Ondo states multiple bank robberies, several killings in
the Okene area of Kogi.
“He
was the grand commander of the jailbreak of the prison in Niger State early
this year, during which he lost one of his eyes, while over 100 prisoners
escaped.
“The
most wanted suspect was arrested by a special IRT team in Lagos today
(Thursday) after he escaped with bullet wounds from Abuja three weeks ago when
the IRT team arrested four of his gang members and recovered four AK-47 rifles
and hundreds of ammunition. Today is one of the happiest moments of my life,”
he wrote in the post.
The
Force spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, confirmed the arrest.
He
said, “I am aware of some arrests made by the team. He is in police custody.”
- Punch
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