put in place machinery to establish the true
identity of a suspected leader of the Boko
Haram sect, Jarasu Shirawho was
apprehended last week in Borno. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Deputy Theatre
Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole,
disclosed this in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Irabor said that ascertaining the true identity of
the suspect was to avoid past mistakes where
individuals were arrested based on mistaken
identities. “We are in custody of 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,’’ he said. Irabor, however, said that the army must
ascertain the true identity of the suspect
before final confirmation to the media. “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, 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,’’ Irabor
explained. Shira is believed to be the sect leader around
Damboa-Chibok- Askira axis of Borno before
he was apprehended. He is believed to be one
of the masterminds of the Chibok Girls
abduction on April 14, 2014.
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