Ondo police arrest another Boko Haram leader

The Ondo State Police on Sunday said it had arrested another Boko Haram member, identified as Mohammed Basha in Isua Akoko area of the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
This came six days after one of the leaders of the deadly sect, identified as Idris Babawo, also known as Dikko was arrested in the same location by the state police command.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Femi Joseph said, the suspect was arrested while he was loitering on Isua-Ifira Akoko road by the men of the anti-crime patrol of the command.
He said, “When the suspect was arrested, he was interrogated and confessed that he was a member of the Boko Haram sect. He said his father is from Niger Republic while his mother is from Maiduguri in Borno State.
“He said when Maiduguri was hot for him he ran to Nasarawa last month and he left Nasarawa yesterday (Saturday) and came down to the South-West to hide here.
“He also confessed that one Daffo is his team leader while Shekau is still the overall leader of the group.