Boko Haram Leader Arrested In Former Gov’s House - Sen Zanna

The senator accused by the Joint Task Force (JTF) of harbouring a top Boko Haram commander in his personal residence in Maiduguri, Ahmed Zanna, told a select group of senior reporters in Abuja yesterday that the arrest was actually effected in the residence of a former governor of Borno State.

“Contrary to the claim of the JTF, the boy, Shu’aibu Bama, was arrested in a house at Rabi Street, off Damboa Road,” said Zanna.

As to why the JTF would seek to frame him up as he claimed, the senator, who represents Borno Central in the Senate, said:  “It obviously was as a result of an interview I granted the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) last week asking for their withdrawal from the state because they are not working according to the rules of engagement.

“I noticed that they are just killing innocent people, killing them unnecessarily, harassing their families, extorting money. All these have been going on and I became so concerned. Particularly, the killing and burning of houses became the order of the day.”

Source: leadership