SSS arrests Boko Haram impostor

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By Doyin Ojosipe

The Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday said it has arrested an unnamed person accused of extorting money from influential members of the public, claiming to represent Boko Haram.

Coordinator of the National Information Centre (NIC) Mr. Mike Omeri gave this information yesterday, while briefing journalists on efforts being made to locate the abducted Chibok Secondary School girls and the general efforts to contain raging insurgency in some parts of the country.

The suspect, who is currently undergoing interrogation, was masquerading as a representative of the Book Haram terrorists.

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