Police arrest wanted Boko Haram suspect in Ondo
One kidnapper, Mohammed Jaihe, who has been on the wanted list of Boko Haram suspects since 2016, has been arrested by security operatives in Ondo.
Vanguard reports that the suspect was arrested with one of his accomplices, Jimoh Ahmed, after a shootout with the police detectives who invaded one of their hideouts located at Ago-Ajayi forest in Oba-Akoko area of the state.
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The state commissioner of police, Gbenga Adeyanju, who paraded the suspect alongside some cultists, said he has been on the wanted list since 2016.
The commissioner said the name of the suspect continued to reverberate across Akoko area of the state as the kingpin of abductors.
He pointed out that the suspect has made some confessional statements.
The police reportedly burnt down the den of the kidnappers following their arrest.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the Nigerian Army on Monday, December 31, dismissed as untrue social media reports indicating the closure of the Maiduguri-Monguno Road.
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Col Onyema Nwachukwu, the deputy director of army public relations, Operation Lafiya Dole made the clarification in a statement in Maiduguri.
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