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Nigeria recaptures prime suspect in Christmas church attack Nigeria recaptures prime suspect in Christmas church attack
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Nigeria's secret police have re-arrested an alleged Boko Haram member who escaped custody last month suspected of masterminding a church bombing on Christmas Day that killed at least 44 people.Nigeria's secret police have re-arrested an alleged Boko Haram member who escaped custody last month suspected of masterminding a church bombing on Christmas Day that killed at least 44 people.
Kabiru Sokoto's escape a day after his original arrest led to the sacking of the country's top police official. A presidential spokesman said members of the secret police had arrested Sokoto in Taraba state, which borders Cameroon.Kabiru Sokoto's escape a day after his original arrest led to the sacking of the country's top police official. A presidential spokesman said members of the secret police had arrested Sokoto in Taraba state, which borders Cameroon.
A spokeswoman for the secret police agency declined to comment. Another security official said officers arrested Sokoto as he hid behind a clothesline. Sokoto would be flown back to the capital, Abuja, on an air force flight, the official said. A spokeswoman for the secret police agency declined to comment. Another security official said officers arrested Sokoto as he hid behind a clothes line. Sokoto would be flown back to the capital, Abuja, on an air force flight, the official said.
Police named Sokoto as the prime suspect in the bombing of St Theresa Catholic church in Madalla on 25 December. Worshippers were leaving the church after a morning service when a car bomb detonated near the front steps. Boko Haram later claimed responsibility for the attack and separate strikes in two other Nigerian cities.Police named Sokoto as the prime suspect in the bombing of St Theresa Catholic church in Madalla on 25 December. Worshippers were leaving the church after a morning service when a car bomb detonated near the front steps. Boko Haram later claimed responsibility for the attack and separate strikes in two other Nigerian cities.
The radical Islamist sect, whose name means "western education is sacrilege" in the local Hausa language, is carrying out increasingly sophisticated and bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict sharia law and to avenge Muslim killings in Nigeria. This year the sect has been blamed for at least 270 deaths, according to an AP count. The radical Islamist sect, whose name means "western education is sacrilege" in the local Hausa language, is carrying out increasingly sophisticated and bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict sharia law and to avenge Muslim killings in Nigeria. This year the sect has been blamed for at least 270 deaths, according to AP.