Boko Haram kingpin Hassan Ali reportedly arrested by Borno State
vigilantes said the he was engaged to two of the kidnapped Chibok girls.
According to Leadership, Ali was discovered and detained on the
Damaturu-Maiduguri highway by the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) as he
was trying to leave Maiduguri for Benisheik.
It happened 3 weeks ago when vigilantes mobilized groups to be given
permission to go to Sambisa forest for the girls. When they spotted Ali
and asked him to identify himself, the man pretended to be dumb, but “it
was when he sensed death that he later confessed that he was a member
of Boko Haram, and that he was sent to come to Maiduguri to buy yams
worth N200, 000. He said he had finished his transaction and the truck
had since left for Sambisa.”
When asked about the abducted female students, Ali said they were
neither hurt nor molested, fed well with canned food mostly. The alleged
Boko Haram leader said that he, as Amir, was engaged to 2 school girls
The vigilante, who narrated the story, claimed he was among those
interviewing him and said they handed Ali to Civilian-JTF officials
later.
Leadership correspondent referred to numerous Civilian-JTF members in
state, who verified the fact of the incident when questioned, however
nobody could provide details on Ali’s location at the current moment.
Female students abducted by Boko Haram group in Chibok, Borno State,
have been missing for almost a month and a half. In the video released
by the sect leader Abubakar Shekau, the terrorist number claimed the
victims had been converted to Islam and said he would sell them at the
market.
Some days ago, the Nigerian military stated that they had detected
the whereabouts of the girls, adding they won’t “go with force” in order
not to hurt the children.
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