Boko Haram Leader Reportedly Arrested In Ogun

Following the arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader, there is unrest in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.

According to information obtained by NEWS DIRECT, Department of State Services (DSS) agents were responsible for the alleged terrorist’s capture on Saturday night in Ogun State.

The majority of Abeokuta inhabitants are currently in a panicked state as word of the arrest spread throughout the State capital.

This is in response to reports that terrorists are preparing to target a number of South Western States.

A trustworthy source informed our correspondent on Sunday that the alleged Boko Haram leader had been detained in the city’s Ijaye neighborhood.

The suspected terrorist was said to have initially tried to resist arrest before he later bowed to the superior power of the DSS operatives.

It was gathered that the Boko Haram leader had left Katsina for Abeokuta, where he was employed as a security guard.

However, he had since been gathering intelligence for terrorist attacks.

Security sources hinted that the man was purposely in Abeokuta to set up terrorists’ cells for kidnapping and terror attacks.

He was said to have done the same in Abuja, Kaduna and Zamfara before he moved to Abeokuta.

“However, intelligence gathering gave him out and he was promptly apprehended before he succeeded in Abeokuta,” a source said, adding that there are still many of them being monitored.

It was learnt that the Boko Haram commander is still in the custody of the DSS.

Contacted, the spokesman of the DSS, Peter Afunanya, neither denied nor confirmed the arrest.

Replying to a message sent to him, he said, “No comment.”

Also, the Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the command was yet to be informed of the arrest.