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Nigerian forces recorded a major success in the fight
against terrorism by arresting the leader of the Ansaru jihadist
group, Khalid al-Barnawi in Kogi State on Friday.

Ansaru is a splinter
group of Boko Haram.

“Security agents made a breakthrough on
Friday in the fight against terrorism by arresting Khalid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru terrorist group in Lokoja,” Defence
Headquarters
spokesman Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar said on Sunday.

“He is among those
on the top of the
list of our wanted terrorists,” Khalid al-Barnawi is one of three
Nigerian terrorists
listed by the United
States government
in 2012 as “specially
designated global
terrorists”. The
other two are Boko
Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and Ansaru
founder Abubakar
Adam Kambar.

“He is among those
on top of the list of our wanted terrorists,”
Abubakar added.

Barnawi, 47, whose
real name is Usman
Umar Abubakar, hailed from Biu town in restive northeast Borno
state. He became
the leader of Ansaru following the death of
Kambar in a military
raid on his hideout
in Kano in March
2012.

The group claimed
a 2012 attack on a maximum security facility in Abuja where detained Islamists were being held, killing
two policemen and
freeing 40 inmates.
With the emergence of
Ansaru, Barnawi’s
faction became
independent of Boko Haram but still maintained ties.

The group also claimed
responsibility for the kidnap of a French engineer, Francis Collomp, in northern Katsina state in 2012.

He later escaped. The group said it was responsible for a 2013 attack on a convoy of Mali-bound Nigerian
troops in Kogi state, killing two soldiers and
seriously wounding
five others.

It issued a statement
condemning Nigeria’s
participation in the
“war against the
Islamic state of
northern Mali”.

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