The Federal Capital Territory command of the Nigerian Police have arrested a suspected member of the Boko Haram sect in Abuja.

The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Fct, Musa Kimo said the 20-year-old suspect named Seth Yakubu was arrested following a tip-off from members of the community about where he had been hiding.

According to him, the suspect ran away from the Boko Haram hideout in Sambisa forest after the Air Force launched an air-strike in the area last week.