No fewer than 15 members of the Boko Haram terrorists were arrested in several parts of Lagos State by the Department of State Services (DSS) while Enugu, Plateau, Gombe and Kano also recorded similar arrests.
A statement yesterday by a DSS official, Tony Opuiyo, said the infiltration of the terrorists into other states was a fallout of the pressure being put on the terrorists in their core areas of strength in the North-east.
The DSS also disclosed that a major financier of the terrorists and close associate of Shekau as well as notable commanders and frontline Boko Haram members were arrested and are already divulging useful information.
“In line with the Department of State Services (DSS) re-strategised counter-terrorism measures to combat the menace of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, the Service has continued to make significant breakthroughs in this direction.
“This followed the rounding up of notable commanders and frontline members of the notorious group from different parts of the country. It should be noted that the group’s new pattern of movement and spread is necessitated by the pressure being put on them in their core areas of strength in the North East.
“Consequently, a number of them have been arrested in Lagos, Kano, Plateau, Enugu and Gombe states between 8th July and 25th August, 2015. Of particular note was the arrest on 8th July, 2015 in Gombe State of those responsible for the coordination and execution of the suicide attacks in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria and Jos,” it said.
The DSS stated that one Usman Shuaibu aka Money, coordinated some of the recent suicide bombings with the sum of N.5million provided by his Amir, one Isah Ali, who he said has links with Abubakar Shekau.
Shuaibu allegedly revealed that he has participated in several Boko Haram attacks, including the attacks at Gwoza Divisional Police Station in 2014.
“Shuaibu admitted being the leader of the team of nine sect members that was dispatched from Sambisa Forest to carry out the attacks. He disclosed that four out of the nine of them were used as suicide bombers in executing all the suicide attacks,” the DSS said.
Other arrested suspects include one Ahmed Mohammed aka Abubakar who allegedly confessed to being an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) expert involved in the preparation of the IEDs used for the attacks and strapped the suicide bombers, notably one Sule and his wives, with IED vests, which they used in the attacks in Jos.
The following suspects, Bakura Modu, Mustapha Alli Jamneri, Abuyi Sherriff, Babagana Ali, Babagana Koloye, Abba Modu Sagma, Grema Abubakar, Tijani Bagudu, Baba Alhaji, Abass Ibrahim, Adam Wakil Abdul Jilbe and Mohammed Usman were arrested in Lagos State.
…Sect kills 56 in fresh Borno attack
About 56 villagers were killed by a gang of suspected Boko Haram in Badu village of Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State in the early hours of Friday.
Badu is located 68 km away from Maiduguri from the northern axis of the state with its population largely farmers and herdsmen.
Borno State governor Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Saturday when he hosted parents of the abducted Chibok girls in Maiduguri.
Source: LEADERSHIP
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