Nigeria: The Untold Story of Kabiru Sokoto

13 February 2012

Two days before the arrest of Kabiru Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing at Madalla, a Daily Trust's reporter visited the suspect's hometown of Gagi village in Sokoto South Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

Gagi, a dusty sprawling suburban settlement about five-minute drive from Sokoto metropolis, is the birthplace of Kabiru Sokoto, who until Friday, was the most wanted - with N50million on his head - of all the members of Jama'atu Ahlissuna Lidda'awati Wal Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram.

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