Chibok Girls: Army Makes Significant Arrest

The Chibok girls were kidnapped from their
government secondary school in the town of
Chibok in Borno state by Boko Haram
terrorists on April 14, 2014.
Jarasu Shirawho, who is believed to be the
sect leader around Damboa-Chibok-Askira
axis of Borno state before he was
apprehended last week in the state is
believed to be one of the masterminds of
the Chibok girls abduction. Disclosing details of the arrest of the
suspected leader of the Boko Haram sect,
Major General Lucky Irabor, the deputy
theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole,
told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Maiduguri that the suspect was arrested in
one of the routine operations by soldiers.
He said: "We have in our custody a good
number of suspected terrorists that were
apprehended as a result of our routine
operations.
"One of those suspects is believed to be on
the list of our 100 most wanted terrorists'
leaders."
General Irabor however noted that there was
need to ascertain the true identity of the
suspect before final confirmation to the
media.
He said this was to avoid past mistakes
where individuals were arrested based on
mistaken identities.
"There are checks that must be done before
final confirmation, facial attributes tended to
show that he is the one. "But then, there are other things we need to
do to ensure that is he who we said he is.
Although the facial attributes confirmed he is
the one, but it is not just by looks alone.
"We have had cases where we had mistaken
identity only to come up to say we are sorry,
that is what we are trying to avoid this time,"
he said