SUN NEWS——–IT was end of the road for one of Boko Haram kingpin recently declared wanted by the Nigerian Army, as he was arrested yesterday trying to board a plane at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Chief of Army of Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, two weeks ago, declared wanted 100 members of Boko Haram, whose pictures were also released. Among those declared wanted was the notorious leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau. Most of those declared wanted are teenagers, with only three above 29 years.
Daily Sun gathered that one of those declared wanted, Chindo Bello, was nabbed at the Abuja airport yesterday trying to board an Aero Contractor plane heading for Lagos. Sources at the airport revealed that Bello almost beat all security points at the airport until someone recognised him and notified the authorities. He was prompted arrested.
Confirming the arrest, a top security personnel, who pleaded anonymity, revealed that the suspect was first taken to the Airport Police Command after his arrest, from where he was transferred to the Counter-Insurgency and Intelligence Unit (CIIU), in Abuja, where he’s being detained.
General Buratai, on October 27, released the pictures of 100 Boko Haram members declared wanted and asked Nigerians to provide information that would help the military and other security agencies nab insurgents who have been terrorising the North-East of the country.
The army chief promised that identities of informants will be kept confidential, just as the military will also provide rewards for information about the suspects.
Releasing three telephone numbers (0818155888, 08160030300 and 07053333123) through which information could be passed, General Buratai, while speaking at the launch of Anti-Boko Haram Terrorists Campaign Materials, in Maiduguri, stated: “The fight against Boko Haram insurgency is a collective responsibility of all, including the media. These photographs of terrorists’ suspects are to be identified with their numbers attached to each of the 100 photos, while members of the general public could send in more information on the locations or whereabouts of these Boko Haram sect members who appeared in these special photo identifications. Each of the suspects must have either participated or involved in the ongoing war in the theatre operations of Lafiya Dole.
“If any member of the general public identifies the location and whereabouts of these suspects, please contact these three telephone numbers in this launched anti-terrorism campaign materials in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.”
