Standup9ja: Boko Haram top member surrenders
A high ranking member of the Boko Haram terrorist group,
Bulama Kailani Mohammed Metele, has surrendered to 145 Task Force Battalion, 5
Brigade troops at Damasak.
Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, Army spokesman made this known in a
statement yesterday in Maiduguri.
Usman said that Metele, from Tumbun Bera in Borno, belonged
to Mamman Nur’s faction of the terrorists group under the leadership of Abu
Mustapha.
He said that Metele was of serial number 253 on the Nigerian
Army’s wanted Boko Haram terrorists’ poster produced recently.
“He is currently undergoing further interrogation,’’ he
said.
Meanwhile, Usman said that two suspected Boko Haram
terrorists carrying out surveillance on Kareto and Dangalti villages had been
arrested by troops of 158 Task Force Battalion of 5 Brigade based on
information.
According to him, preliminary investigation shows that they
are on reconnaissance mission to facilitate possible attack on the communities.
(NAN)
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