{"id":362789,"date":"2025-08-18T16:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=362789"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:14:06","slug":"significant-step-against-terrorism-us-commends-fg-over-arrest-of-ansaru-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/18\/significant-step-against-terrorism-us-commends-fg-over-arrest-of-ansaru-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Significant step against terrorism\u2019 \u2014 US commends FG over arrest of Ansaru leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><strong>United States mission commended Nigeria&#8217;s arrest of Ansaru leaders Abu Bara&#8217;a and Malam Mamuda as significant anti-terrorism advancement<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><strong>Suspects masterminded 2022 Kuje prison break, coordinated terror sleeper cells, and conducted high-profile kidnappings to finance operations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The federal government and security authorities have received praise from the United States for apprehending two leaders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/15\/two-killed-as-bandits-ansaru-terrorists-clash-in-kaduna\/\">Ansaru,<\/a> a terror organization associated with al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>The US mission in Nigeria called the arrest &#8220;a significant step forward in the country&#8217;s fight against terrorism and extremism&#8221; in an<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/usinnigeria\/status\/1957423949442105754?s=46\"> X post<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmud Muhammad Usman (also known as Abu Bara&#8217;a) and Mahmud al-Nigeri (also known as Mallam Mamuda), two wanted Ansaru leaders, were successfully apprehended by the Nigerian government and security services, the post says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nigeria&#8217;s fight against terrorism and extremism has advanced significantly with this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Las week, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Nuhu Ribadu<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, the national security adviser (NSA),\u00a0announced that<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Mahmud Usman<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0(also known as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Abu Bara\u2019a<\/span><span class=\"s1\">) and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Mahmud al-Nigeri<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0(aka\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Malam Mamuda<\/span><span class=\"s1\">), who are on Nigeria\u2019s wanted list, were captured following a series of intelligence-led operations between May and July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ribadu said Abu Bara\u2019a, the self-proclaimed Emir of Ansaru, coordinated terror sleeper cells across the country and masterminded kidnappings and robberies to finance the group\u2019s operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The NSA linked the duo to several high-profile attacks, including the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">2022 Kuje prison break<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> in Abuja that freed dozens of Boko Haram inmates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He also said the suspects were also implicated in the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">2013 attack on a uranium facility in Niger Republic<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">kidnapping of French engineer Francis Collomp in Katsina<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">2019 abduction of Musa Uba, Magajin Garin Daura<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, and the kidnapping of the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Emir of Wawa<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> in Niger state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ribadu added that the operation also dismantled Ansaru\u2019s central command structure, adding that digital and material intelligence recovered from the raids are being 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