Police Parade The Mastermind of Chibok school girls kidnap and 21 Members of the group
Boko Haram terrorist commander who spearheaded the kidnap of over 200 secondary schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, in 2014 and 21 other members of the group have been arrested.
He was also responsible for over 50
suicide bombings within Maiduguri, Borno State, and Adamawa State, and the
invasion of Bama and Gwoza.
His gang was also responsible for
several attacks, ambush, and killing of thousands of Nigerians, including
security agents and civilians, in Borno and other North-East states of Nigeria.
Recovered from the suspects were 11
AK-47 rifles and other weapons.
A senior police officer said, irked
by the persistent suicide bombings and killing of residents in the North East
by terrorist i recent times, Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris equipped
and deployed special operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT)
with enough technical intelligence to Maiduguri to trace and arrest the
terrorists responsible for suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks in the
North East.
The force
public relations officer, Moshood Jimoh, said: “After a lot of planning and use
of advanced technology, between July 4 and 9, IRT special teams, with support
from SARS/CRACK teams of Borno State Command, swung into action and
eventually succeeded in arresting 22 confirmed Boko Haram terrorists (BHT) who
confessed to several suicide bomb explosions within Borno and Adamawa states,
kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirl, and invasion of Bama and Gwoza, among many
other crimes.
The suspects
narrated various roles each of them played.
Among them
are the commanders and coordinators of suicide bombings in Borno State,
Coordinator and members of the Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnapping, ambushes on
security agents, logistics suppliers and their receivers of gold, international
currencies, cows, etc.
“The
suspects are Modu, aka Abor, who confessed to being one of the Boko Haram
commanders who coordinated and led the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in
2014 and several attacks on Bama, Gwoza and Mubi towns in Borno and Adamawa
states; Mohammed, who confessed to have participated in the Chibok
schoolgirls’ kidnapping and coordinating suicide bombings; Jidda, who
confessed to have participated in the Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnapping and
coordinating suicide bombings;
Wardi, who
also confessed to participating in the Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnapping and
coordinating suicide bombings; Alhaji Jidda, who confessed to have
participated in the Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnapping and coordinating
suicide bombings and others.
“Ajiri Bu
confessed to having participated in the Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnapping and
arranging suicide bombings, and others who played one role or the other.
“The
suspects have confessed to be masterminds of several attacks and suicide bomb
blasts in Baga Road, 3-3, Custom, Bulunkutu, Post Office, Muna, Kasuwan Shanu,
Dalori IDP camp, etc, in Maiduguri and many suicide attacks in Adamawa State,
killing of thousands of innocent Nigerians, including ambush on security agents
and civilians in the many parts of northeast Nigeria.
Eleven
rifles and many other weapons and exhibits were recovered from the deadly
terrorist group.”
Moshood said
the suspects were helping the authorities with useful information to arrest
other fleeing Boko Haram commanders.
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