Dreaded Boko Haram terrorists
The Department of State Services on Saturday revealed how suspected
terrorists planned to unleash terror on selected six states and the
Federal Capital Territory during the just concluded Eid- Kabir
celebration.
According to Punch, the DSS revealed that the plan was spearheaded
by Islamic State of West Africa terrorists whose aim it said, was to
cause mayhem and destruction that would have disrupted the Eid-Kabir
festivities held between Sept. 1 and Sept. 4.
It added that the plan was to conduct gun attacks and suicide
bombings on selected targets in the Federal Capital Territory, Kano,
Kaduna, Niger, Bauchi, Yobe and Borno States.
Spokesperson for the DSS, Mr. Tony Opuiyo, who made the revelation
in a statement, named Husseini Mai-Tangaran, who was described as a
well known senior ISWA commander, as the mastermind of the plan.
Opuiyo said, “Mohammed was a fighter of the sect who left the
conclave of the group in the Sambisa forest, to join ranks with Ismaila
towards carrying out the attacks being planned by the group.
“Also, another accomplice in the plot, one Muhammad Ali was
arrested on September 3, at Sheka area in Kumbotso area of the state.
“Prior to his arrest, Ali was the financial courier of the
group in Kano. He was one of the conduits through which funds and other
material logistics were channeled to the group from foreign extremist
elements/sponsors.
“Like Abdulkadir Mohammed, Ali was involved in the plot to
perpetrate the planned attacks in Kano and other states in the North
during the just concluded Eid-Kabir celebration.”
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