a splinter faction of Boko Haram that has been accused of kidnapping and killing Westerners.
In
2012 the U.S. State Department named Ansaru leader Khalid al-Barnawi
one of three Nigerian militants blacklisted for ties to Boko Haram and
al-Qaeda's north African wing.
Defence
spokesman Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar said al-Barnawi was arrested
in Lokoja, the capital of the central state of Kogi, on Saturday. "We
have made that giant stride," said Abubakar.
He also said some Boko Haram fighters had surrendered to Nigerian troops.
Muhammadu
Buhari has made it a priority of his presidency to defeat Islamist
militancy in Africa's most populace nation, which also has the
continent's biggest economy.
Source: Reuters
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