[CHANNELSTV] Zakari Muhammed, who was juggedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
by security operatives, said he joined the sect two years ago and had risen to become the chief butcher in the Bauchi State cell of the sect, until his arrest by the police on July 15.
According to him, his job is to butcher the sect's victims whenever they are kidnapped or attacked.
The members of the terrorist group has killed several persons in the north-east, a situation that has become a common site in many parts of the region.
They attack schools, churches, mosques , villages and public places in the region detonating Improvised Explosive Devices that had claimed lives and left scores dead.
Spokesman for the police, Mr Frank Mba, who paraded the suspect before journalists, said that contrary to claims in some quarters that the suspect had escaped, Zakari remained in police custody. "His revelations has become valuable to police counter-terrorism operations," he said.
Investigations are ongoing and the suspect will be prosecuted as soon as investigations are over.