Boko Haram ‘Commander’ Mayinta Modu
MAIDUGURI—One of the arrested Boko Haram leaders and kidnappers of the Chibok schoolgirls, Mallam Mayinta Modu, alias Abor, aged 23, has revealed that each of them received N60,000 as ransom before they freed one batch of the abducted girls.
Boko Haram ‘Commander’ Mayinta Modu Modu, who hails from Bama Local Government Area, Borno State, confessed to being one of the Boko Haram Commanders that coordinated and led the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014, including several attacks on Bama, Gwoza and Mubi towns in Borno and Adamawa states. Recall that 22 suspected Boko Haram members, including eight others, who participated in the kidnapping of the girls were paraded at the Borno Police Command, Wednesday, by Deputy Commissioner-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the IGP, Ibrahim Idris, after they were arrested at various locations in Borno and Yobe states.
Modu also revealed that one Mallam Chingori, who is in custody of the remaining Chibok girls, was initially based in Sambisa Forest before relocating to Gulumba village of Bama Council Area following the recent bombardment of the forest by troops. Confession During interrogation, he said: “I cannot ascertain the number of people I slaughtered or killed before my arrest. All I can say is that as a member of the sect and with the roles I played in the course of our fighting against infidels, government and security agencies, I was promoted as one of the sub-commanders. “I actively participated and coordinated the kidnapping of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls in April, 2014.
“After we abducted the girls, we separated them and put them in different locations in Sambisa Forest under the care of our top commanders. “The name of my top Commander is Mallam Chingori. He kept some of the girls in his custody in Sambisa hideouts. At a point, when we released some of the girls, we were given N60,000 each for escorting the girls to one undisclosed location, before we went back to base, Sambisa.
“I may not know whether our Commander who gave us the ransom money also took his share of the money; all I can say is that we were many that collected such amount.
“As it is, the remaining girls are in the custody of our top Commander (Chingori) who later relocated from Sambisa to Gulumba village of Bama town.” Modu could not say who paid the ransom, but admitted that some of the girls were still in the custody of the sect in different locations in the forest.
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