A wanted Book Haram commander has been arrested in Ondo State according to the Nigeria military.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Maiduguri by the Director of Army Public Relations, brigadier general Sani Usman.
According to the spokesperson, Idris Ibrahim Babawo, a top Boko Haram commander, is identified as number 156 in the Boko Haram wanted list.
Mr. Babawo, 42, who also goes by the name Idoko or Nagada, was captured while trying to evade arrest.
“The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Police on Sept. 24 at about 2: 00 p.m., arrested a wanted Boko Haram terrorist, Idris Ibrahim Babawo, believed to be number 156 on the wanted Boko Haram terrorists list.
“He was handed over to the 32 Brigade, 2 Division, Nigerian Army at about 2:00 p.m. on Sept. 25 by the Ondo State Police Command.”
Mr. Usman said that preliminary investigations showed that the suspect hailed from Chinade village in the Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
He said that Mr. Babawo escaped from the North-east because of what he described as sustained military onslaught on the insurgents.
