(VOVworld) –Khalid Al Barnawi, leader of Nigeria’s Ansaru group, a Boko Haram splinter group aligned with al-Qaeda in North Africa, has been arrested, an army spokesman said on Sunday.

Soldiers of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army seen at the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State north-eastern Nigeria on March 25, 2016 (HAZLEWOOD)

Barnawi is one of three Nigerians terrorists most wanted by the US. The others are Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram, and Abubakar Adam, founder of Ansaru. Barnawi became Ansaru’s leader after Kambar was killed by the Nigerian army in 2012.