Nigeria Boko Haram spokesman arrested, victims buried

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s secret service arrested the purported spokesman for Islamist militant sect Boko Haram on Wednesday, a group that has claimed responsibility for a string of deadly bombings and gun attacks, a secret service source told Reuters.

 

 A swat team stormed the dwelling of the man known as ‘Abu Qaqa’ in the northern city of Kaduna in the early hours of the morning and found him hiding under his bed, said the highly-placed source, who asked not to be named.

We are still talking to him. Since ‘Abu Qaqa’ is a pseudonym for the Boko Haram spokesman, we want to be sure of who we have with us. But we have been on his trail for months now. He’s been changing locations and contacts,” the State Security Services (SSS) source said.

“He is fairly educated. He is from the Igbira ethnic group, from Kogi state in north central Nigeria,” the SSS official added.

A spokeswoman for the SSS said she had no information on the incident. The police spokesman also declined to confirm it.

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