Wanted Boko Haram terrorist finally captured by the Nigeria police!

Idris Ibrahim Babawo

    The Nigeria Police Ondo State Command on Sunday 24th September 2017 at about 2.00pm, arrested a declared wanted Boko Boko Haram Terrorist group member, Idris Ibrahim Babawo aged 42, that goes by the names “Idiko” and “Nagada”.

    He is believed to be on serial number 156 on the wanted Boko Haram terrorists list. He was handed over to the 32 Brigade, 2 Division, Nigerian Army, at about 2.00pm today Monday 25th September 2017 by the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Police.

    The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, made the announcement in a statement in Maiduguri and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Kukasheka disclosed that Idris Ibrahim Babawo, a top Boko Haram commander, was captured while trying to evade arrest. He added that the jihadist had since been handed over to the military.
“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.

   Kukasheka said that preliminary investigations showed that the terrorist hailed from Chinade village in the Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The military spokesman further said that Babawo escaped from the North-East because of what he described as sustained military onslaught on the jihadists.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has said that plans to prosecute about 2,541 suspected Boko Haram terrorists are underway.