Spokesman of Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa has confirmed to State Security Service (SSS) operatives in custody that he is indeed Qaqa. A man who gave his name as Qaqa had on Thursday told reporters in a teleconference that the person arrested by the SSS operatives in Kaduna on Wednesday was Abu Darda, its head of public enlightenment and not Qaqa, the sect’s spokesman. But a reliable source in SSS told THISDAY that “’the person we have been trailing for months and now have with us says he is Abu Qaqa. He did not say he is Abu Darda, except they impersonate in their group”. The SSS source wondered why it took them so long to launch a propaganda on a missing so-called Abu Darda. Also reacting to the claim by the sect that its man was deceived as he came to Kaduna to open up dialogue with the federal government, the security source said “decisions to dialogue are taken at the political level.” But even at that they queried why “someone who they claimed came for dialogue contacts hide under the bed.” The SSS had following an early morning operation on Wednesday raided the Mubi close residence of the spokesman along Maiduguri Road in Kaduna and whisked Qaqa away along with two other persons. Qaqa was trailed to his hideout by a combined team of SSS and soldiers using the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) used to track his telephone calls. But the sect insists “the person that was arrested was Abu Darda and not Abu-Qaqa. I am Abul Qaqa, the spokesman for the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad. “Abu Darda is the head of the Lagina (Dept) of public enlightenment and not the spokesman,” the man said. He claimed that the arrested sect leader was detailed to discuss the government proposal to discuss with them arguing that his eventual arrest has demonstrated government’s insincerity with the proposals. “The arrest of Abu Darda is an outright deception and betrayal by the Nigerian government and security agents. They proclaimed dialogue and are doing the opposite. His arrest has proved to us that they were waiting for us to avail ourselves so that they can arrest us. “We purposely sent Abu Darda to Kaduna to discuss with some key government functionaries on the issue of dialogue. Indeed, he had started talking to them but unknown to him, they (had) directed some security agents to trail him and arrest him. “This is exactly what happened. He volunteered to present himself for the dialogue but was betrayed. Everybody knows our capability and tactics of operation. It is evidently clear that none of our members could be caught on a platter of gold and without confrontation.” The spokesman who claimed he is Qaqa said the sect was at the point of accepting government peace proposals after consultation, adding, however, that they were now suspicious of the government’s motives. “We initially thought that the much talked about dialogue was true and we actually resolved that after the initial meeting with Darda, we would send five representatives to stand for us. Part of what we told him to discuss with the government representatives was the unconditional release of our members as pre-condition for any further discussion,” he stated.