How Boko Haram escapee Kabiru Sokoto was re-arrested

Kabiru Sokoto,the Boko Haram strategist  who cost the immediate past Inspector General of Police and six of his lieutenants their jobs and put the nation on edge, was re-arrested yesterday hiding behind a rack of drying clothes.
He was caught with his elder brother in a hut at Mutum Biu village in Taraba State.
He had been on the run for 25 days after escaping from a team of policemen who had taken him to  Abaji, near Abuja, for a search of his residence.
The policemen were attacked by some youths who freed Kabiru.
The policemen and the Assistant  Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, investigating the suspect are now under probe over the escape.
The immediate past IGP, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, six of his lieutenants were sacked on account of Kabir Sokoto’s escape.
He is believed to be the  mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla.
Kabiru and his  elder brother, in whose company he was arrested,were flown to Abuja at about 1pm yesterday from Jalingo in  an Air Force Plane.
The SSS immediately briefed the presidency and other security agencies accordingly. The Nation yesterday reported that Kabiru Sokoto had not fled the country contrary to speculations and that the SSS and military intelligence were hopeful that he would be arrested soon.
It was gathered that the suspect was picked up from his hide-out between 5am and 6am.
The SSS had to intervene in the hunt for the suspect following the inability of the Nigeria Police to re-arrest him.
The source said: “After trailing him for about three weeks, we succeeded in re-arresting him at Mutum Biu village on Friday along Wukari-Jalingo Highway.
“During the dawn raid, Kabiru Sokoto sandwiched himself in the clothes rack within the compound to evade arrest but our vigilant operatives located him. He was re-arrested with his elder brother.
“The SSS team took time to ascertain that it was Kabiru Sokoto that was really re-arrested. Apart from his photograph and finger prints, a few security searches were also conducted. Thereafter, the SSS broke the news.
“From the village, he was taken to Jalingo where the Air Force flew him and his elder brother to Abuja in a special flight. We are suspecting that his elder brother had been shielding him or might have been his guide in the escape bid.
“A team has been raised to interrogate both of them.
 “Following SSS intervention, the suspect was initially located at Toto Village in Nasarawa State where he was constantly in touch with the detained spokesman of Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa.
“He got to Toto from Abaji where he escaped from a police team that went to search his house. Throughout his stay in Toto, the call logs revealed how he strategised with the Boko Haram spokesman.
“We suspect that he became frustrated and opted to relocate to Taraba from Nasarawa following the arrest of Abu Qaqa.
“But security agencies were careful in invading Toto to avoid unnecessary loss of lives. Yet ,  Sokoto seized the opportunity to disguise with his elder brother, and relocated to Taraba State .