Nigerian Soldiers Nab Man Behind The Chibok Girls' Abduction

Posted by George on Wed 01st Jul, 2015 - tori.ng

According to the Defense Ministry in Nigeria,a businessman, Babuji Ya'ari who orchestrated the abduction of the 300 Chibok girls has been captured.

The Nigerian Military has announced that it now has in custody, one of the main suspects responsible for the kidnap of the Chibok girls, missing since April 2014. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade.

Olukolade stated that the alleged abductor of the Chibok girls, whose name was given as Babuji Ya’ari was arrested while his guise as a member of the civilian Joint Task Force was uncovered. The Boko Haram kingpin used his membership of the civilian JTF only as a cover, as he has been coordinating deadly attacks in Borno State since 2011

The Military spokersman also stated that Ya’ari has since 2011 coordinated several deadly attacks on the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram, and spearheaded the May 2014 assassination of the emir of Gwoza, a religious and traditional ruler who was targeted for speaking out against Boko Haram’s extremism.

“Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011, including the daring attacks on Customs and military locations as well as the planting of IEDs in several locations in the town."

He added that the arrest of Ya’ari led to the arrest of several other Boko Haram intelligence cell members. Olukolade said that those arrested had confessed their involvement with the deadly sect and named several others who were being trailed.

Also arrested was one woman named Hafsat Bako who acted as the accountant to the Boko haram sect. She revealed the terrorists are remunerated with a minimum of10,000 naira (about $50) a job.

See photo of the suspect below: