The SSS yesterday arrested the purported spokesman for Islamist militant sect Boko Haram.
A swat team stormed the dwelling of the man known as 'Abu Qaqa' in Kaduna in the early hours of the morning and found him hiding under his bed.
“We have arrested Abul Qaqa, the so-called spokesman of the Boko Haram sect and one of its leaders,” SSS Director in Maiduguri, Mr. Ahmed Abdullahi, confirmed to journalists on Wednesday night.
"We are still talking to him. Since 'Abu Qaqa' is a pseudonym for the Boko Haram spokesman, we want to be sure of who we have with us. But we have been on his trail for months now. He's been changing locations and contacts.
"He is fairly educated. He is from the Igbira ethnic group, from Kogi state in north central Nigeria."
A man calling himself Abu Qaqa often appeared in local media after bomb and gun attacks to claim them for the group and justify the choice of target.
For a long time Abu Qaqa was the closest thing the sect had to a public face, before its purported leader Abubakar Shekau posted a video of himself last month on YouTube.
Last month, the SSS had also arrested Kabiru Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic church in Madalla, near Abuja, only for rogue police officials to set him free a few days later claiming that he escaped.
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