Ex-Boko Haram fighter arrested with 10 kg of skunk concealed in a sack.

Ex-Boko Haram fighter arrested with 10 kg of skunk concealed in a sack.

A rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu, has been arrested by operatives of the NDLEA with 10 kilograms of skunk.

The 26-year-old suspect, who was a Boko Haram fighter for 15 years before he surrendered to the Nigerian military in 2021, was intercepted along Abuja-Kaduna expressway on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, March 12, said the suspect confessed that he bought the illicit drugs in Ibadan, Oyo state and was taking the consignment concealed in a sack to Maiduguri, Borno state.

“In his statement, Madu said he is from Banki town, Borno State and joined the notorious terrorist organisation in 2006 when he was 9 years old.

He said he repented & surrendered to the military in 2021, after which he underwent rehabilitation and de-radicalisation processes at Umaru Shehu rehabilitation centre, Maiduguri and Malam Sidi de-radicalization centre, Gombe.