A local vigilante group has arrested a suspected Boko Haram high ranking member in a Church in Lagos.
Addressing a press conference, Head of the vigilante group, the Mai-Kanuribe of Lagos and the Seriki Hausawa of Ijora Kingdom, Mustapha Mohammed, said five other suspects were arrested on Friday at different locations.
The senior Boko Haram member, Adam is believed to be on the lists of 100 most wanted terrorists released by the military earlier in the year.
He was allegedly arrested in a church in FESTAC town, where he was hiding.
Mohammed gave account of how Adam was arrested, “Adam is one of the top most wanted Boko Haram on the wanted list of the military. We got intelligence report that Adam was hiding inside an abandoned 40ft container in church premises. It was the security man attached to the church that hid him inside the container.
“When we arrived the church premises looking for him, the security man attached to the church was not around then. The container was locked from the outside with a padlock.
“The Pastor of the Church was embarrassed to see us, but by the time we explained our mission to him, he in company with others gave us the go ahead and by the time we broke open the padlock, Adam was hiding in the far corner of the container. As soon as the Pastor sighted the suspect, he started singing praises.
“You know we are from Borno state where these people also hail from and we know their communities. Our people back home do monitor them, and once they leave Maiduguri, we would be alerted so that we can be on the look out.
“Once they arrive any community in Lagos, our members are always on the ground to fish them out base on intelligence report and once they are arrested, we hand them over to security agencies for further investigation and prosecution”.
Mohammed, head of vigilante identified the other five suspects as Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Ahmed, Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed and Banagana Blam Ali.
While Abubakar Ahmed, Goigoi Kamsalem and Ibrahim Mohammed hail from Baga Local Government Area of Bornu, Ibrahim Ali hails from Bama Local Government and Babagana Blam Ali hails from Kanduga Local Government Areas of Bornu State.
He said Ibrahim Ali and Babagana Blam Ali were arrested in their hideouts at Isheri area of Berger tollgate.
He added that Abubakar Ahmed, Goigoi Kamsalem and Ibrahim Mohammed were arrested in Victoria Island area of the metropolis where they were hiding in their friend’s house.
