SAN FRANCISCO, September 07, (THEWILL) – Troops of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday recorded an arrest in Yobe State of a suspected member of the Boko Haram sect, Muhammed Bulama, who is number 105 in the wanted list of terrorists published by the Army.
Bulama was arrested alongside other suspected Boko Haram terrorists; Ardo Abba Muhammed (elder brother to Bulama as claimed) and Muhammadu Kaigama, in Azare community, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, with the assistance of the local vigilantes in the town.
According to a statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, they were arrested riding on horseback and bicycle shepherding some sheep towards the market.
The statement reads, “During preliminary investigation, the suspected terrorist personally confirmed his photograph on the wanted list and further revealed that he specialized on rearing animals for the terrorist group.
“He further confessed that they came to the village to sell the animals as they had ran out of cash in their hideout and would also get some food items back to for the upcoming Sallah festivity.”
