Gen Shuwa’s Killer arrested In Borno State

Three years after the assassination of the civil war veteran, General Muhammadu Shuwa, the Nigerian military yesterday arrested the man who led the mortal attack that took place in his home in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Mamman Shuwa, as he was fondly called by his folks, was killed in cold blood on November 2, 2012 by a group of young men who rode on a tricycle and gained access into the general’s premises pretending to be guests.

His killing was one of the first high-profile assassination carried out by Boko Haram.
Spokesman of the Nigeria Army, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, confirmed the arrest of the Boko Haram kingpin in Kano where he had been hiding.

“The officials of Nigerian military intelligence have arrested a suspected killer of Major General Mohammed Shuwa (rtd),”  said Colonel Usman.

“Mohammed Shuwa was   murdered in his residence in Maiduguri, Borno State by suspected Boko Haram sect member on November 2, 2012.

“The retired military officer was the first General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army’s 1st Division. He also commanded the Nigerian Army’s 1st Division during the Nigerian Civil War.”
Usman confirmed that the suspect would be paraded in Kano where he was arrested.