Cameroonian Military Capture Boko Haram Top Commander, Abakar Ali

Cameroonian soldiers have captured Abakar Ali, one of the top commanders of insurgent fighters belonging to the Islamist group, Boko Haram according to an online news medium, Saharareporters.
Saharareporters also said the Cameroonian army seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the Islamist militants during the operation.
Abakar Ali who also goes by the name “Mustapher Umar” was caught with 5 machine guns, 14 rifles, 24 rockets, 4 rocket launchers, 6 Kalashnikovs, 60 Kalashnikovs magazines, 4 automatic pistols , over 500 9mm ammunition, 469 12.7mm ammunition, 4,454 7.62 mm ammunition, 1,491 5.56 mm ammunition, 822 ammunition of 7.62 mm, 6 grenades, 28 rocket launcher chargers and other weaponized accesories like pincers, tweezers and knives.
A mid-level Nigerian military officer, who is serving with a multi-national force that operates around the Nigeria-Cameroon border, revealed the information to SaharaReporters via telephone. He disclosed that Cameroonian soldiers nabbed Ali along with two other Boko Haram fighters in Kousseri, a town in northern Cameroon.
Our source described Ali as the insurgent commander who has been leading the Islamist sect’s attacks around border towns between Nigeria and Cameroon. He added that the arrested insurgent shuttled between various Boko Haram camps in the area and organised deadly attacks that targeted mostly civilians.
The Nigerian officer stated that the Cameroonian military was expected to share intelligence with their Nigerian counterparts regarding any confessions made by the captured terrorist during interrogation.

Cameroonian Military Capture Boko Haram Top Commander, Abakar Ali