This screengrab taken on August 8, 2016 from a Boko Haram video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows Boko Haram’s shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau as he appeares in a new video vowing to fight on, shrugging off an apparent split in the hardline jihadist group blamed for thousands of deaths since 2009. “I… Abubakar Ash-Shakawy (Shekau), the leader of Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, made it a duty for myself (to fight) Nigeria and the whole world,” Shekau said in the video released on August 7, 2016, using the group’s name since it declared allegiance to the so-called Islamic State. Vanguard
By Dayo Johnson
Akure—ANOTHER member of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Basha was yesterday arrested by Police detectives in Ondo State while loitering about.

Boko Haram member
Last week, the state police command confirmed the arrest of one of the suspected commanders of the sect, ldris lbrahim Babawo Mohammed Basha who was arrested in lsua, Akoko South East Area of the state, where Babawo was equally picked up last week.
Joseph said that when Babawo was arrested last week and interrogated, police detectives were not convinced of his identity and he was later handed over to the military for further interrogation.
In the new catch, the state police command through its image maker Femi Joseph said in a statement in Akure that; “Another Boko Haram member, identified as Mohammed Basha, was arrested in Isua Akoko area of the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State yesterday.
“The suspect was arrested while loitering on Isua-Ifira Akoko road by the men of the anti-crime patrol.
“After his arrest and interrogation he confessed that he was a member of the Boko Haram sect.
According to him the suspect told the police detectives that his father is from Niger Republic while his mother is from Maiduguri in Borno State.
“He said when Maiduguri was too hot for him he ran to Nassarawa state last month where he left yesterday (Saturday) to the South-West to hide. He also confessed that one Daffo is his team leader while Shekau is still the overall leader of the group.’’
Items recovered from the suspect according to the state police spokesman include “ items suspected to be charms.
Joseph added that the suspect was still in the protective custody of the command for further questioning.
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