Lagos – Police in Nigeria have arrested Mohammed Zakari, a senior commander of the Boko Haram sect, blamed for killing hundreds of people since 2009, a police officer said Tuesday.
National police spokesperson Frank Mba said in a statement reaching Xinhua that 30-year-old Zakari was linked to the recent killing of seven people, including women and children.
The suspect was arrested on Saturday following a massive onslaught by security forces against the activities of insurgents in the Balmo forest in Bauchi State in the northeast, Mba added.
According to him, Zakari was arrested while fleeing from intensive counter insurgency operations around the forest…
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