Police arrest fleeing Boko haram member in Ogun

According to recent reports, the Ogun State Police Command has nabbed a 22-year-old man identified as Umaru Muktar, who was reportedly a fleeting member of the Boko Haram sect.

The man who hailed from Gonge in Maiduguri, Borno state, was arressted at Kara – Mowe area of Ogun state near Lagos, last weekend.

While parading the suspect on Monday at the the Headquarters of the Federal Special Anti – Robbery Squad(FSARS) at Magbon – Abeokuta, Ogun state, the Commissioner of Police, AbdulMajid Ali, disclosed that the suspect confessed his membership of Boko haram sect.

The Commissioner of Police added that Police investigation had also revealed that Muktar fled Maiduguri two and half years ago into Ogun and was initiated into the muderous Boko haram organisation by one Mustapha.

The suspect who spoke through an interpreter revealed that he knew few Boko haram members in Borno state before fleeing the state when the security agencies stepped – up man – hunt for the sect.

However, he claimed he was not part of those who attacked churches, mosques, markets or motor  – parks.