{"id":41508,"date":"2025-01-26T01:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T22:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=41508"},"modified":"2025-01-26T01:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T22:08:40","slug":"nigeria-captures-senior-boko-haram-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/nigeria-captures-senior-boko-haram-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Captures Senior Boko Haram Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigerian army has captured a prominent leader of Boko Haram, known by his alias &#8220;Abu Akrama,&#8221; during a large-scale military operation targeting terrorism in the Borno region, in northeastern Nigeria near the Chad and Niger borders.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to local Nigerian media, &#8220;Abu Akrama&#8221; was a local leader in charge of a Boko Haram faction controlling large areas in Borno State. However, his identity remains largely undisclosed, except that he holds Nigerian nationality.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The arrest was described as a &#8220;major blow&#8221; to the terrorist group and a &#8220;significant success&#8221; for the military operation, codenamed &#8220;Hadinkai.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The operation also dealt a heavy blow to a Boko Haram faction by destroying its camps and killing hundreds of its fighters. Military sources confirmed the arrest occurred during intense battles after &#8220;Abu Akrama&#8221; attempted to flee but was surrounded and captured alive.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zagazola Makama, an expert on security affairs in the Lake Chad Basin, explained on social media: &#8220;The army completely destroyed Abu Akrama&#8217;s stronghold, eliminating hundreds of his fighters. While he attempted to escape, he was captured with ease.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Makama noted that &#8220;Abu Akrama&#8221; was one of Boko Haram&#8217;s most prominent warlords, holding significant authority in areas such as Mantari, Gabchari, Kashimiri, and Maimusari, all under the control of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian army has captured a prominent leader of Boko Haram, known by his alias &#8220;Abu Akrama,&#8221; during a large-scale military operation targeting terrorism in the Borno region, in northeastern Nigeria near the Chad and Niger borders. According to local Nigerian media, &#8220;Abu Akrama&#8221; was a local leader in charge of a Boko Haram faction &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41509,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508\/revisions\/41509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}