The Department of Security Service has arrested
21 alleged commanders and front-line members
of the Boko Haram terrorist group including the
group's suicide bomb attacks coordinator.
A
statement signed by Mr Tony Opuiyo, DSS
spokesperson, states that the sect members were
arrested in different parts of the country from July
8th to August 25th.
"They include those allegedly responsible for the
coordination and execution of the suicide attacks
in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria and Jos who were
arrested on July 8 in Gombe State. Usman
Shuaibu a.k.a money, said to be the co-ordinator
of the suicide attacks, Ahmed Mohammed also
known as Abubakar, an Improvised Explosives
Device (IED) expert, who is said to have prepared
the IEDs for the attacks. Others are Adamu
Abdullahi, Ibrahim Isa, who allegedly carried out
reconnaissance on targets in the Jos attacks, and
Mutaqqa Yusuf who is said to have assisted
Usman Shuaibu in planning and executing the
attacks. Shaibu and his group were intercepted
on their way to Bauchi State, where they had
planned to execute another bomb attack".
12 other suspects are said to have been arrested
in Lagos State, while three were apprehended in
Enugu, Gombe and Kano States.
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