Army To Establish True Identity Of Suspected Boko Haram Leader.

The Nigerian Army said on Saturday that it had put in
place machinery to establish the true identity of a
suspected leader of the Boko Haram sect, Jarasu
Shirawho was apprehended last week in Borno. Maj.-
Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Deputy Theatre Commander of
Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.
Irabor said that identifying the true identity of the
suspect was to avoid past mistakes where individuals
were arrested based on mistaken identities.
"We are in custody of a good number of suspected
terrorists that were apprehended as a result of our
routine operations. "One of those suspects is
believed to be on the list of our 100 most wanted
terrorists' leaders," he said. Irabor, however, said
that the army must ascertain the true identity of the
suspect before final confirmation to the media.
"There are checks that must be done before final
confirmation, facial attributes tended to show that he
is the one. "But then, there are other things we need
to do to ensure that is he who we said he is, "
Although the facial attributes confirmed he is the
one, but it is not just by looks alone.
"We have had cases where we had mistaken identity,
only to come up. to say we are sorry, that is what we
are trying to avoid this time,'' Irabor said. Shira is
believed to be the sect leader around Damboa-
Chibok- Askira axis of Borno before he was
apprehended. He is believed to be one of the
masterminds of the Chibok Girls abduction on April
14, 2014.(NAN)