Emmanuel Ikechukwu
Reports emanating from Chad has it that a key leader of Boko Haram, Baana Fanay has been arrested.
According to a Chadian Public Prosecutor, Alghassim Khamis, Baana Fanay, who has been coordinating trafficking of weapons in Nigeria, Cameroun and Chad was arrested on Sunday in N’Djamena, the capital of Niger Republic.
Khamis said Fanay, alias Mahamat Moustapha, was arrested by security forces after a fierce resistance, reported AFP.
He said Fanay, who was arrested with two other terrorists, was responsible for the purchase of weapons and recruitment of fighters for Boko Haram.
Continuing, he said a search in the suspect’s house led to the seizure of different weapons and documents written in Arabic by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, targeting the sect’s recruits.
He said the arrest also led investigators to discover the location of seven other terrorists hiding in a house in Diguel, a Dinguessou suburb, on the periphery of N’Djamena.
The public prosecutor also said that a man believed to be the financier of the group was arrested and is under investigations.
He said the outcome of the investigation would help investigators to dismantle the Boko Haram network in the country.
