Cameroonian Soldiers Arrest Top Boko Haram Commander, Abakar Ali

Cameroonian soldiers have captured Abakar Ali, one of Boko Haram top commanders.

The country’s army also seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the Islamist militants during the operation.

A report by SaharaReporters said Ali, who also goes by name “Mustapher Umar” was caught with 5 machine guns, 14 rifles, 24 rockets, 4 rocket launchers, 6 Kalashnikovs, 60 Kalashnikovs magazines, 4 automatic pistols , over 500 9mm ammunition, 469 12.7mm ammunition, 4,454 7.62 mm ammunition, 1,491 5.56 mm ammunition, 822 ammunition of 7.62 mm, 6 grenades, 28 rocket launcher chargers and other weaponized accessories like pincers, tweezers and knives.

Cameroonian soldiers nabbed Mr. Ali with two other Boko Haram fighters in Kousseri, a town in northern Cameroon.

He is described as the insurgent commander, who has been leading the Islamist sect’s attacks around the border towns between Nigeria and Cameroon.
Ali often shuttled between various Boko Haram camps in the area and organized deadly attacks that targeted mostly civilians.
It is expected that the Cameroonian military would share intelligence gathered from the apprehended sect member.

The Boko Haram sect in September alone has lost hundreds of members to security forces, while some of its commanders have been arrested or killed.

One of such is last week’s killing of Abubakar Shekau impostor.