
The troops of the Seventh Division on Sunday averted what would have
been a brutal Boko Haram siege on the Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
by arresting a top commander of the deadly sect who would have attacked
the city.The Media Coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Tukur Gusau, said
in a statement on Monday that the suspect identified as John Trankil,
was arrested with eight others at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri on Sunday.