The leader of al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group Ansaru has been arrested in Nigeria, authorities there say.<\/p>\n
A military spokesman said Khalid al-Barnawi was captured in Lokoja, capital of the central state of Kogi.<\/p>\n
The US had placed a $5m (\u00a33.5m) bounty on his head after branding him one of three Nigerian “specially designated global terrorists” in 2012.<\/p>\n
Ansaru is a splinter group of Nigeria’s largest jihadist group, Boko Haram, known for kidnapping foreigners.<\/p>\n
Ideologically aligned to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, it is also accused of killing a number of Westerners.<\/p>\n
Ansaru said it carried out an attack on a maximum security prison in the Nigerian capital Abuja in 2012, freeing dozens of inmates.<\/p>\n
“Security agents made a breakthrough on Friday in the fight against terrorism by arresting Khalid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru terrorist group in Lokoja,” military spokesman Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar said.<\/p>\n
“He is among those on top of the list of our wanted terrorists.”<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source:BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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