Source: Daily Trust
Operatives of the Inspector General’s Joint Police Special Team have bursted a hideout of the Boko Haram group at Gayawa village in Kano State, and arrested five suspects; including a Nigerien and two women.The suspects are Abba Mohammed, 20, (Nigerien); Usman A. Buhari, 23, (Borno State); Iliyasu Abdullahi, 46, (Kano); Aishatu Ya’u, 25, and Ladidi Yunusa, 27, both of Kwana-Hudu Quarters in Kano State.However, one of the suspects died at the police command few minutes before the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Rabi’u Yusuf, briefed journalists on the arrest.Briefing newsmen yesterday, Yusuf said three police officers: O/C Special, Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), an inspector and a sergeant were seriously injured.Two of the injured officers were treated and discharged, whilethe third was still receiving treatment in the hospital.
The CP said the two suspects arrested first at Gwagwarwa Quarters in Kano Metropolis with an AK47 magazine, led the police to their hideout at Gayawa village where three other suspects were arrested after a gun duel.“At the hideout of the terrorists, operatives of the IGP’s special team were attacked by the terrorists. They then repelled the attack and subsequently arrested three suspects,” the CP said.Yusuf said a suspect that escaped from the hideout during the exchange of fire was suspected to be a dismissed Air Force personnel and owner of all the IEDs making tools foundat their den.The police commissioner said the suspects confessed to be members of the Boko Haram sect and that they participated in several operations in the North East and in Kano State.He added that: “The suspects have also volunteered confessional statements indicating their plan to launch attacks on Kano and north eastern states.”Yusuf revealed that the IGP’s special team which comprised the Special Tactical Force (STF), the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, the Force Intelligence Unit and other undercover units,as well as a conventional police team, had been trailing remnants of the Boko Haram in various locations in Kano andits environs.“This joint team has prevented several attempts in various locations in Kano and environs by this terrorist group to attack innocent citizens,” he said.Items recovered include one AK47 rifle No. 580088821, four magazines with live ammunition, tools for making IEDs, two sets of Air Force uniforms and four caps of the Air Force.Other items recovered are one military boot, a set of camouflage military uniform, one Volkswagen car key, a laptop computer, one Ipad, some pictures of the suspects in military uniforms and some operational black masks.
Comments
Post a Comment