MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Nigerian
authorities said Friday they had
arrested an alleged high-profile
member of Islamist extremist
group Boko Haram at the home
of a senator in the violence-torn
Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
The statement from a military
task force in Maiduguri did not
name the senator and provided
few other details. There have
been allegations of links
between elements of Boko
Haram and local politicians in
the past.
“A high-profile Boko Haram
commander, one Shuaibu
Mohammed Bama, who has
been on the list of wanted
terrorists … was arrested by task
force troops in a serving
senator’s house …,” the
statement said of the arrest on
Thursday.
“He is in the custody of the (task
force) and assisting in the
investigation and has since
made startling revelations.”
In November 2011, Nigerian
secret police said they had
arrested an alleged Boko Haram
spokesman with ties to a
member of parliament. The
alleged links however appeared
to involve local politics in
Nigeria’s northeast.
Nigerian authorities frequently
exaggerate their efforts in
arresting or cracking down on
Boko Haram, which has carried
out scores of bombings and
shootings.
Violence linked to Boko Haram’s
insurgency in northern and
central Nigeria, including killings
by security forces, is believed to
have left more than 2,800
people dead since 2009.

www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/high-profile-boko-haram-member-arrested-at-senators-home/

If it's Ndume, Then Hajj will not save him this time around.