Wednesday night raided a suspected
hideout of a Boko Haram leader, who
was said to be on the run from
Maiduguri, Borno State.
Our correspondent gathered that a
combined team of the Nigerian Army,
Department of State Service and the men
of the Nigeria Police Force spent long
hours raiding the building housing the
suspected Boko Haram leader at the 4,
Fulani Road in the Ugwan Dosa area of
Kaduna State.
According to Punch, It was gathered that
the suspected Boko Haram leader was said
to have escaped with his wife through a
make-shift escape route, covered with thick
painted cartons, which looked like the
fence of the house.
The building was said to have been leased
out to the suspect, one Mallam
Muhammed Mai Borno, who was said to
have moved into the premises with his
wife last year.
Already, the owner of the property had
been whisked away by security agencies
for further interrogation.
Meanwhile, a resident of the area, who
spoke on condition of anonymity, told our
correspondent that the suspect(Muhammad
Mai Borno) actually moved into the house
last year with the wife.
He said the suspected Boko Haram
chief remained silent about his
children upon enquiries.
“When we asked after his children,
he said they are in school
somewhere in the North-East and
we discovered that he is always
travelling and we never suspected
any foul play until we started
hearing gun shots in the night,” the
source said.
Usman Ahmed, another resident, said
security operatives arrived the area
around 12 midnight and within a
few minutes, the area was cordoned
off, followed by sporadic gun shots.
He said, “I was woken up by the
gun shots. Initially, I thought it was
a robbery and I called the leader of
the vigilance group in the area, who
assured me that there is no cause
for alarm.
“When the gun shots persisted, I
tried to call some of my neighbours
that I can remember their phone
numbers. It was then that one of
them told me that from his window,
he sighted security men and he
believed the gun shots are from
them. I became comfortable and told
my family to go back to bed
assuring them that all was well.”
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