Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole on Friday night, December 30th, arrested a top Boko Haram commander in the private residence of the Caretaker Chairman of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to military sources, the council chairman, who was also arrested is either harbouring or fraternizing with the suspected terrorist, as he failed to report his presence to security agencies. Though news about the arrest is scanty, residents of 1,000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri where the chairman lives, said armed men stormed his house yesterday and arrested both men after receiving intelligence that the Boko Haram commander had sneaked into the house for safety.