How Boko Haram Leader fled home with wife during army raid in Kaduna By: Afro News

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
theirphone 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.” .”