Nigeria, Nov. 6 -- This was contained in a statement issued on November 6 by the Acting Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Captain Tamuno Sinivie and made available to The News Chronicle.

The suspect, identified as Auta Maikyala, was arrested on November 5 during an intelligence-led operation conducted by troops of Sector 1 in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kagarko town, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Maikyala was reportedly apprehended at a hospital where he had gone to seek treatment for a gunshot wound sustained during a confrontation with a rival faction.

Preliminary investigations identified him as an alleged notorious c...