The Department of State Services, DSS has arrested Ahmed Salkida, a journalist, who was declared wanted by the Nigerian Army in August.
Salkida was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday afternoon shortly after his flight landed.
The suspect, who is based in Dubai, is one of the three persons declared wanted for their alleged link to Boko Haram.
Salkida, a female lawyer, Aisha Waliki; and Ahmed Bolori were declared wanted by the military after Boko Haram released a video showing some of the Chibok girls it abducted on April 14, 2014.
A security operative told one of our correspondents that “When we declared him wanted, he said he was willing to return to Nigeria but only on the condition that we send him a flight ticket.
“His Nigerian passport had expired but the Federal Government instructed the Nigeria Immigration Service not to issue him a new passport because he could run away after getting the passport.
“So, he was given an Emergency Travel Certificate, which allows the holder to travel only to his country of citizenship.
“With nowhere to run to, he had no choice but to return. So, immediately he boarded the plane from Dubai, we started waiting for him at the airport,” the source confided.
It was learnt that the suspect had been taken to the office of the DSS, where he would be debriefed.
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