Following the arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader, there is tension in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.
The suspected terrorist was apprehended Saturday night in Ogun State by DSS operatives.
Most Abeokuta residents are now in a panic after news of the arrest spread throughout the state capital.
This comes amid reports that terrorists are planning to attack several states in the South West.
On Sunday, a reliable source informed our correspondent that the suspected Boko Haram leader had been apprehended in the city’s Ijaye district.
The suspected terrorist was said to have initially tried to resist arrest before he later bowed to the superior power of the DSS operatives.
It was gathered that the Boko Haram leader had left Katsina for Abeokuta, where he was employed as a security guard.
However, he had since been gathering intelligence for terrorist attacks.
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Security sources hinted that the man was purposely in Abeokuta to set up terrorists’ cells for kidnapping and terror attacks.
He was said to have done the same in Abuja, Kaduna and Zamfara before he moved to Abeokuta.
“However, intelligence gathering gave him out and he was promptly apprehended before he succeeded in Abeokuta,” a source said, adding that there are still many of them being monitored.
It was learnt that the Boko Haram commander is still in the custody of the DSS.
Contacted, the spokesman of the DSS, Peter Afunanya, neither denied nor confirmed the arrest.
Replying to a message sent to him, he said, “No comment.”
Also, the Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the command was yet to be informed of the arrest.
