Boko Haram kingpin operating in
Damboa, Chibok and Askira axis of Borno
State, has been arrested.
Jarasu Shira was on Wednesday morning
arrested at a motor park in Damboa.
He was arrested at the park at about 8:30am
along with 10 other suspected members of the
group who escorted him to Damboa to connect a
vehicle to Biu en route Lagos.
They were arrested by men of the vigilante
(Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF) who are
providing support to the Nigeria military battling
the militant group.
Shira who goes by the alias Jarido is number
one on the new list of wanted men by the
Nigeria military. He was disguised in a cowboy
outfit.
He is believed to be the leader of the Boko
Haram militants in Damboa, Chibok and Askira
Uba local government areas of Borno state.
The suspects have been handed over to military
authorities in Biu, Borno state.
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