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Boko Haram IED Specialist Arrested ‘While On Mission To Join The Nigerian Army’

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Boko Haram IED Specialist Arrested: The Department of State Services (DSS) has apprehended a suspected bomb specialist of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, who had perfected plans to recruit into the Nigerian Army in an attempt to infiltrate.

Boko Haram IED Specialist Arrested

Boko Haram IED Specialist Arrested

This assertion was made on Sunday, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Tony Opuiyo, in Abuja.

His words: “In response to the regrouping of Boko Haram elements in Kano state, the service in concert with the military, carried out coordinated operations in the state which led to the apprehension of two high profile members of the sect, namely; Ibrahim Ustaz Abubakar and Idris Audu (aka Aya).”

“Audu is an IED specialist who was being groomed to penetrate security agencies in the country. Audu had already perfected plans to seek for recruitment into the next recruitment scheme of the Nigeria army, before his arrest.”

The secret police service also said that it apprehended some gangs of kidnappers and armed robbers across the country.

“ On 22nd August, 2016, one Samuel Asuquo, a kidnap kingpin was arrested by the Service at Nasarawa Bakoko village in Cross River State; Asuquo was the mastermind of the kidnap of three Australian staff of Lafarge Cement Company, for which his gang received ransom N150m.

“Similarly, on 30th August, 2016, the trio of Bamaiyi Mustapha (aka Dan Borno), Aminu Isa and Hassan Shehu, members of a notorious kidnap gang operating around the Abuja-Kaduna axis, were arrested at Lafia, Nasarawa State.

“The gang had earlier kidnapped five Igbo women and collected N13m as ransom; they were subsequently arrested by the Service while planning a high profile kidnap in Abuja.”

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