The Department
of State Services said in Abuja that some members of the
dreaded Boko Haram were already making plans to join the army.
It,
however, said that two members of the sect, who it described as
specialists in the making of Improvised Explosive Devise, had been
nabbed before they succeeded in joining the army.
Spokesperson
for the DSS, Mr. Tony Opuiyo, who stated this in a statement in Abuja, said that the suspects were arrested in Kano.
He said,
“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.
“They are
Ibrahim Abubakar and Idris Audu. 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.”
He attributed the success recorded in the arrest of these two suspects to the secret police’s sustained tactical and counter-terrorism operations.
Opuiyo
also said that the service on August 22 arrested one Samuel Asuquo, who
was described as a kidnap kingpin, at Nasarawa Bakoko village in Cross
River State.
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