Security operatives carried out a successful raid against the sect’s leaders in Kano.
In
what appeared to be a significant victory by Nigerian security
operatives against the Boko Haram militant group, top commanders of the
sect were arrested on Sunday.
Sources in the State Security
Service, SSS, say Abu Qaqa, the sect’s spokesman and other top
commanders were arrested when the Kano State Joint Task Force, JTF,
carried out a sweeping raid on the sect’s hide-outs in Kano.
The Kano JTF has confirmed the raid and the arrests but could not confirm the identity of the arrested Boko-Haram leaders.
However, independent sources have told PREMIUM TIMES that the sect’s spokesman, Abu Qaqa was one of those arrested.
PREMIUM
TIMES learnt that the non-disclosure of the details of the arrested
officers was because the arrested members were refusing to co-operate
with security operatives.
The Federal Government is also being
careful about disclosing the names of the arrested officials apparently
for fear of embarrassment, the type it suffered earlier in the year when
the government disclosed that Abu Qaqa, the sect’s spokesman had been
arrested, and it turned out to be false.
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