Boko Haram Plans To attack Lagos Revealed By DSS, Arrests Top Commander Known as “Money”
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has revealed that Boko Haram members have successfully infiltrated into Lagos state and FCT but they added that they have arrested some of those insurgents including a top commander that was the mastermind of various bombings in Borno and Kano
In a statement, the DSS revealed that Usman Shuiabu known as Money and other frontline members of the Islamist group were picked up in Lagos, Kano, Plateau, Enugu and Gombe states between July and August.
“Of particular note was the arrest on 8th July, 2015 in Gombe state of those responsible for the coordination and execution of the suicide attacks in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria and Jos,” it said.
“Shuaibu admitted being the leader of the team of nine sect members that was dispatched from Sambisa Forest to carry out the attacks. He disclosed that four out of the nine of them were used as suicide bombers in executing all the suicide attacks,” it said.
It said the arrest of Shuaibu and other core members of his cell had stemmed the spate of bombings by the extremist sect.
The DSS said its operatives had also frustrated plans by the insurgents to attack the financial capital of Lagos.
“The sudden influx of Boko Haram members into Lagos state points to the determination of the sect to extend its nefarious terrorist activities to the state and in fact, other parts of the country,” it said.
“The arrest of these confessed terrorist elements has however helped in no small measure to avert devastating attacks in the area,” it added.
The DSS yesterday said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy who said he had been instructed to spy on the airport’s security procedures, including passenger screening and boarding processes, and report what he had learned.
It said the man who directed the boy had not been located
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“Of particular note was the arrest on 8th July, 2015 in Gombe state of those responsible for the coordination and execution of the suicide attacks in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria and Jos,” it said.
“Shuaibu admitted being the leader of the team of nine sect members that was dispatched from Sambisa Forest to carry out the attacks. He disclosed that four out of the nine of them were used as suicide bombers in executing all the suicide attacks,” it said.
It said the arrest of Shuaibu and other core members of his cell had stemmed the spate of bombings by the extremist sect.
The DSS said its operatives had also frustrated plans by the insurgents to attack the financial capital of Lagos.
“The sudden influx of Boko Haram members into Lagos state points to the determination of the sect to extend its nefarious terrorist activities to the state and in fact, other parts of the country,” it said.
“The arrest of these confessed terrorist elements has however helped in no small measure to avert devastating attacks in the area,” it added.
The DSS yesterday said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy who said he had been instructed to spy on the airport’s security procedures, including passenger screening and boarding processes, and report what he had learned.
It said the man who directed the boy had not been located
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