Father
of alleged Boko Haram spokesman, Abu Qaqa, was reportedly killed in
Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, by suspected sect members.
The
purported sect’s spokesman, who was arrested in February by the State
Security Service in Kaduna, has remained in SSS custody.
The Boko
Haram sect has repeatedly denied that the man in custody is the sect’s
spokesman; however, security officials insist they have the right man in
custody.
Qaqa’s father, said to be a retired prison warder, was
murdered alongside a former colleague on Monday evening as they prepared
for prayers in Maiduguri, heartland of the sect.
A security
official, speaking on the basis of anonymity as he was not authorised to
release information, confirmed to the Associated Press that one of the
murdered victims was infact the father of the suspected Boko Haram
spokesman.
