ABUJA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian police on Monday said a member of the terror group Boko Haram, suspected of planning a deadly attack in the nation's capital Abuja, has been nabbed.
The 20-year-old suspect identified as Seth Yakubu was arrested in Gwagwalada, located on the outskirts of Abuja, on Sunday.
Musa Kimo, head of the local police in Abuja told Xinhua the suspect, who confessed his membership of Boko Haram, had escaped to Abuja from the group's Sambisa Forest training camp after being dislodged by the Nigerian military.
The police arrested him after a tip-off by local residents.
According to Kimo, the suspect has confessed to being the second-in-command in his unit and to have "actively participated in several deadly attacks by the group."
The Boko Haram suspect had told investigators that he was lured to join the group in October 2016 with a promise of an automatic enlistment into the Nigerian Army.
Kimo said the suspect would be arraigned in court after completion of police's investigation. Enditem
