The National
Bureau of Interpol has placed another suspected co-mastermind of the April 14
Nyayan Bus Station bombing, Rufai Abubarkar Tsiga, aka Dr. Tsiga on Interpol’s
Red Alert.
Tsiga was
declared wanted by the Department of State Security (DSS) alongside terror
fugitive Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, a Nigerian army deserter who was apprehended by
the Interpol with the help of the military attaché of the Nigerian embassy in
Sudan on Wednesday.
The
Coordinator of the National Information Centre on Security, and Director
General of the National Orientation Agency Mr. Mike Omeri, announced this
latest development on Tsiga.
“For, Rufai
Abubakar Tsiga of Agwan Gabas, Gidan Moi-moi, in Tsiga town of Katsina State;
we expect positive actions as well," Omeri said.
The Nigerian
Police Force (NPF) Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba explained that the
Interpol red alert represents an
international warrant of arrest to the 190 member countries and consequent extradition of anyone placed on the red alert to the issuing country.
international warrant of arrest to the 190 member countries and consequent extradition of anyone placed on the red alert to the issuing country.
"Interpol
Red Alert is an international request for cooperation. It is usually issued by
the National Bureau of any of the member states and in this case, it is being
issued at the instance of the Nigerian National Bureau of Interpol.
Interpol red
alert operates as an international warrant of arrest and consequently mandates
security forces in its current 190 member states to join in the search and
possible arrest of the fugitive that has been so cited in the Interpol red
notice.
“We
therefore believe that with this, Interpol will galvanise security forces
worldwide to join in the search and consequent arrest and perhaps extradition
of the fugitive that has been declared wanted by the DSS," Mba explained.
The centre
emphasized further that there is a N25 million reward for anyone who provides
information leading to Tsiga's arrest.
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