6 Wanted Boko Haram Suspects Arrested In Lagos

6 Wanted Boko Haram Suspects Arrested In Lagos

Members of a local vigilante group in Lagos have arrested

six members of the Boko Haram insurgents on the wanted

list of the military in Bornu State.

Head of the vigilante group who doubles as the Mai-

Kanuribe of Lagos and the Seriki Hausawa of Ijora Kingdom,

Alhaji Mustapha Mohammed, told Daily Trust that the

suspects' identities marched those on the list of 100 most

wanted terrorists released by the military, and that five of

the suspects were arrested on Friday by members of his

group.

He disclosed that the sixth suspect identified as Adam was

arrested from where he was hiding in an abandoned

container inside a church in FESTAC town. He identified

the other five suspects as Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Ahmed,

Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed and Banagana Blam

Ali.

He said while Abubakar Ahmed, Goigoi Kamsalem and

Ibrahim Mohammed hail from Baga Local Government Area

of Borno State, Ibrahim Ali hails from Bama and Babagana

Blam Ali from Konduga LGA of Borno State.

Daily Trust learnt that Ibrahim Ali and Babagana Blam Ali

were both arrested by the vigilantes who raided their

hideout at Isheri area of Berger toll gate, while Abubakar

Ahmed, Goigoi Kamsalem and Ibrahim Mohammed were

arrested at Victoria Island area of Lagos where they had

gone to stay with friends.

Mustapha Mohammed told Daily Trust that the suspects

were currently being moved back to Borno State.

Revealing how his men got Adam, Mohammed said, "We

got an intelligence report that Adam was hiding inside the

container in the church premises. It was the security man

attached to the church that hid him inside the container.

When we arrived the church premises, we headed straight

to where the container was kept. The security man was not

around then and the container was locked from the outside

with a padlock.

"The Pastor of the Church was embarrassed to see us, but

by the time we explained our mission to him, he, along with

others, stood aside to see and by the time we broke open

the padlock, behold Adam was hiding in the far corner of

the container. As soon as the pastor sighted the suspect, he

started singing praises."

Mohammed who hails from Borno State but said he had

lived in Lagos since 1970, said while addressing journalists

that his group was determined to protect Lagos from the

carnage of the Boko Haram sect.

He disclosed that his group had commenced operation in

the state since 2011, and that Boko Haram would have

succeeded in bombing some installations in the state safe

for its efforts, and that several suspects his group arrested

in the past were either handed over to the director of State

Security Service (SSS), Shangisha, Assistant Inspector

General of Police (AIG) Zone 2, or the state commissioner

of police.

On how the suspects were recognised as members of Boko

Haram, he said, "You know we are from Borno where these

people also hail from and we know their communities. Our

people back home do monitor them, and once they leave

Maiduguri, we would be alerted so that we can be on the

lookout. Once they arrive any community in Lagos, our

members are always on ground to fish them out."

Stressing that he had been personally financing the

activities of his group, Mohammed appealed to Governor

Akinwunmi Ambode for support.