How Shekau And Family Fled Kaduna As Army Raids

Security operatives in Kaduna on
Wednesday night raided a suspected
hideout of a Boko Haram leader, who was
said to be on the run from Maiduguri,
Borno State.
Our correspondent gathered that a
combined team of the Nigerian Army,
Department of State Service and the men
of the Nigeria Police Force spent long
hours raiding the building housing the
suspected Boko Haram leader at the 4,
Fulani Road in the Ugwan Dosa area of
Kaduna State.
According to Punch, It was gathered that
the suspected Boko Haram leader was
said to have escaped with his wife
through a make-shift escape route,
covered with thick painted cartons, which
looked like the fence of the house.
The building was said to have been leased
out to the suspect, one Mallam
Muhammed Mai Borno, who was said to
have moved into the premises with his
wife last year.
Already, the owner of the property had
been whisked away by security agencies
for further interrogation.
Meanwhile, a resident of the area, who
spoke on condition of anonymity, told our
correspondent that the suspect
(Muhammad Mai Borno) actually moved
into the house last year with the wife.
He said the suspected Boko Haram chief
remained silent about his children upon
enquiries.
“When we asked after his children, he
said they are in school somewhere in the
North-East and we discovered that he is
always travelling and we never suspected
any foul play until we started hearing gun
shots in the night,” the source said.
Usman Ahmed, another resident, said
security operatives arrived the area
around 12 midnight and within a few
minutes, the area was cordoned off,
followed by sporadic gun shots.
He said, “I was woken up by the gun
shots. Initially, I thought it was a robbery
and I called the leader of the vigilance
group in the area, who assured me that
there is no cause for alarm.
“When the gun shots persisted, I tried to
call some of my neighbours that I can
remember their phone numbers. It was
then that one of them told me that from
his window, he sighted security men and
he believed the gun shots are from them.
I became comfortable and told my family
to go back to bed assuring them that all
was well.”