Another Boko Haram top commander captured

Abakar Ali, one of Boko Haram’s top commanders, has been captured by Camerronian forces, Saharareporters has revealed. A huge cache of arms and ammunition were also said to have been recovered from the Islamist militants during the operation.

According to the report, Abakar Ali who also goes by the name “Mustapher Umar” was caught with 5 machine guns, 14 rifles, 24 rockets, 4 rocket launchers, 6 Kalashnikovs, 60 Kalashnikovs magazines, 4 automatic pistols, over 500 9mm ammunition, 469 12.7mm ammunition, 4,454 7.62 mm ammunition, 1,491 5.56 mm ammunition, 822 ammunition of 7.62 mm, 6 grenades, 28 rocket launcher chargers and other weaponized accesories like pincers, tweezers and knives.

According to a source in the Nigerian military who serves with a multi-national force that operates around the Nigeria-Cameroon border, Ali was nabbed along with two other Boko Haram fighters in Kousseri, a town in northern Cameroon.

Ali was described as the insurgent commander who has been leading the Islamist sect’s attacks around border towns between Nigeria and Cameroon.

The Nigerian officer added that the Cameroonian military was expected to share intelligence with their Nigerian counterparts regarding any confessions made by the captured militant during interrogation.