The Nigerian military has arrested two suspects, Audu Umar and Hassan Umar, for smuggling themselves among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) brought from Pulka to Gwoza IDPs Camp in Borno State.
The male suspects are undergoing interrogation by the military and intelligence operatives.
Meanwhile, the military said it was yet to confirm the speculation over an arrest of Boko Haram kingpin, popularly known as Bashir Sarkin Yanka, which in Hausa means “Bashir the King of Slaughter.”
Spokesperson of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North-East, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, said “as you are aware, the Nigerian military has succeeded in routing out terrorists from some of their hideouts in the North-East and in the process some were eliminated and others have been arrested.
“We cannot at the moment provide the identities of those in our custody or in other places until after we have conducted thorough investigations.”
The local security volunteer group, known as Civilian JTF in Konduga local government Area of Borno State, had claimed that it had arrested Bashir, who had been acting as Abubakar Shekau in some videos on the social media.
The arrested suspect was reported to have confessed to the Civilian JTF that he had acted as “Shekau” in some videos and was responsible for the death of his (Bashir’s) mother, two sisters, brother and engaging in mass slaughter. .
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