Two commanders of Boko Haram have
been apprehended by the police in Taraba state. The two top officials of the
Jihadist group have been handed to the Military in Yobe state. More cooperation
is required from the general public says the police Taraba state poolice
command has confirmed the arrest of two wanted Boko Haram commanders in the
state. One of the commanders, Ali Audu, was arrested in Tella, Gassol Local
Government Area (LGA) while the other, Abdulmumini Abdullahi, was nabbed in
Bali LGA. NAN reports that the commissioner of police, Shaba Alkali, made the
announcement on Wednesday in Jalingo at a press conference. He said the two men
had been handed over to the military in Yobe state. “We have arrested two
confirmed Boko Haram commanders in Gassol and Bali Local Government Areas of
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Taraba state has confirmed the arrest of two wanted Boko Haram commanders. The
command says the jihadist have been handed over to the Military in Yobe state.
“The command has since handed over
the two kingpins, Ali Audu, alias Dungu and Abdulmumini Abdullahi from Yadi
Burni in Yobe to the military base in Yobe,” he said. Mr Alkali said Audu was
arrested on February 22 in Tella and transferred to Yobe the following day,
while Abdullahi was arrested in Bali on March 5 and transferred to Yobe military
base on Monday, March 7. The police commissioner also confirmed the death of
seven persons in the ongoing communal crisis in Ibi Local government Area of
the state. He vowed to deal with the perpetrators and their sponsors “no matter
how highly placed they might be”. He said the command had already deployed
enough men to contain the situation and restore normalcy to the area.
Mr Alkali appealed to the public to
feel free to provide the command with timely information to enable it tackle
crime in the state. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has made new moves to
further destroying the potency of Boko
Haram terrorists. According to NAN, the president has approved the
establishment of a naval command post in the Lake Chad region. The director of
Naval information, Chris Ezekobe, is quoted as saying: “There is a presidential
directive to set up a command post in the Lake Chad Region and that is ongoing.”
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