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‘How Boko Haram kingpin Seth Yakubu was arrested’– FCT Police boss, Musa Kimo

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The FCT Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, has confirmed the arrest of a fleeing Boko Haram deputy commander, Seth Yakubu, at Gwako Village in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory. The 20-year-old insurgent, who hailed from the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, was nabbed at about 11.30am on Sunday after a tip-off, Kimo told journalists on Monday in Abuja. The CP said the suspect confessed to investigators that he escaped to the village from Sambisa Forest after their hideouts was bombed by the Nigerian Air Force about a week ago.

 

 
Kimo stated, “Yakubu further stated that he left Maiduguri on Friday, July 21, 2017, and arrived at Gwako Village on Saturday at about 10pm to conceal his identity and seek refuge. The suspect said he was lured into the Boko Haram terrorist group by a young man, who approached him with the promise of an automatic employment into the Nigerian Army only to end up with the sect. He said he was given a form to fill and thinking the job was real, he completed the form only to be taken to an unknown depot, where he and some others received training.”

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