The
Department of State Services (DSS) has paraded Bello Danhajia, a close
associate and presumed second-in-command of the suspected mastermind of the
United Nations (UN) House bombing, Khalid Al-Barnawi.
Al-Barnawi
was arrested by DSS operatives on April 1 in Lokoja, Kogi State, while hiding
under a false cover.
An
official of the service, Mr. Abdulalhai Garba, who showed the suspect to
reporters, said preliminary investigation linked him to gun-running, cattle
rustling and other criminal activities.
He
said prosecution would begin once investigation was concluded.
Garba
said Al-Barnawi was known for recruiting young people into the Ansaru and Boko
Haram terrorist groups.
“With
the arrest of Al-Barnawi, the DSS has made an uncommon success in the
decimation of these groups and their leadership’’, he said.
Also
yesterday, the DSS said it also arrested four suspects, who specialised in
defrauding innocent Nigerians by impersonating government officials.
Garba
said that one of the suspects, Aminu Ado, was arrested on March 24 in Keffi,
Nasarawa State and confessed to defrauding Lt-Gen. T.Y. Danjuma of one million
naira in 2015.
He
said the suspect also defrauded the wife of Akwa Ibom Governor of N300,000 in
collaboration with Hajia Aisha.
Garba
said that Ado also confessed to defrauding others, claiming to be the chief
security officer to the President.
“Further
investigation showed that Ado has the mobile phone numbers of Federal Executive
Council members, some governors, their wives and aides as well as those of
prominent Nigerians and military/police officers’’, he said.
Others
arrested for fraud are David Michika, from Adamawa, Umar Hamza from Kano State,
James Akune, from Benue and Kazeem Usman, from Lagos.
Garba
said the suspects opened and operated bank accounts through which they
collected money from their victims.
He
advised the public to be vigilant and report such suspicious persons to the
appropriate security agencies.
“
This service wishes to re-emphasise its commitment to the safety of law abiding
citizens and residents’’, he said.
He
said the service would deal decisively with those who chose to be on the wrong
side of the law.
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