Sokoto

In Nigeria, the drought and food shortages are affecting the northern area of the country in states that are on the front lines of the Sahel such as Sokoto, Borno, Yobe, Katsina, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa and Kano.

Amb. Robin Renee Sanders: 2010 Food Security Challenges in West Africa: Let's Pay Attention! 2010

In Nigeria, the drought and food shortages are affecting the northern area of the country in states that are on the front lines of the Sahel such as Sokoto, Borno, Yobe, Katsina, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa and Kano.

Amb. Robin Renee Sanders: 2010 Food Security Challenges in West Africa: Let's Pay Attention! 2010

Officers from the State Security Service and soldiers raided a home early Friday morning in Mutum Biyu in Taraba state where they suspected Sokoto was hiding, said Marilyn Ogar , a spokeswoman for the secret police agency.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012

Authorities say the officers guarding Mr. Sokoto were attacked by suspected sect members and that he escaped, though the timing of the transfer and the official version of how he escaped has been widely questioned in the time since.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012

Officers arrested Mr. Sokoto in January at the official compound of the Borno state governor in Abuja.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012

Police named Mr. Sokoto, an alleged member of the radical sect known as Boko Haram, as the prime suspect for the Dec. 25 bombing of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, a city just outside of Nigeria's capital Abuja.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012

Mr. Sokoto, wearing a green Puma T-shirt, appeared before journalists at a news conference at the secret police's Abuja headquarters.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012

He only answered "yes" when asked if he was Kabiru Sokoto.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012

The arrest of Kabiru Sokoto by Nigeria's secret police and military comes after his escape led to national embarrassment amid the increasingly bloody attacks carried out by the sect known as Boko Haram.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012

However, a day after his arrest, a local police commissioner ordered Mr. Sokoto to be transferred to another police station in Abaji, a town outside of the capital.

Nigeria Recaptures Bomb Suspect Associated Press 2012