Umar Abatcha, a Boko Haram
commander who was arrested in Borno state last month, has reportedly opened up
on some of the atrocities he committed when he was under the control of the sect.
Better known as “Skely” in Gwange
Sabon Layi in Maiduguri, Borno capital, he was said to have escaped to Lagos
after leaving the camp of the insurgents but he was arrested when he returned
to the state on May 13.
Mohammed Aliyu, police
commissioner of Borno, said the suspect confessed to being a member of Boko
Haram sect when he was grilled by detectives.
He disclosed that Abacha claimed
he returned to Maiduguri, thinking that nobody will recognise him.
He was quoted as saying he was
forced to pick arm to fight with the military, adding that his first assignment
was killing a teacher and three of his close friends.
Aliyu said the suspect confessed
to have been part of many attacks on security locations in which military
weapons were carted away.
Another suspect identified as Ali
Ibrahim was arrested on January 6, 2019, by the federal special anti-robbery
squad (FSARS) at Dikwa low-cost estate in Maiduguri.
Ibrahim said he spent four years
with the group and that he carried out attacks in the shores of Lake Chad and
Cameroon.
He claimed to have escaped from
one of the group’s camps in Cameroon
after denouncing membership of the sect.
“I beg for forgiveness for all
the crimes and atrocities I was forced to commit while I was with Boko Haram,”
he said.
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