An official with the Nigerian police arrested the main suspect in the bombing of the Catholic Church in Madala at December 25 2011, which killed nearly forty people and dozens injured.

He noted that the suspect's name is Kabeer Sokoto, who was arrested with one of the army officers cooperating with Boko Haram group in the Asukuro region in Abuja.

The official noted that the general police inspector Hafeth Renjem updated the Nigerian President  Goodluck Jonathan on the events and details of the investigations that led to the arrest of the accused