The Kano State Police Command has arrested five
suspected members of Boko Haram group at Gayawa area of Ungogo Local Government
area of the State. The suspects were arrested following an active intelligence
from the Nigeria Police Force indicating the remnant of BH Group who escaped
from Sambisa Forest were started regrouping in some States in the North
including Kano State.
It is because of the concern to ensure that they
don’t attack any location in any State, the IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni set
up Joint Police Special Team comprising of Special Tactical Force (STF),
Special Anti-Robbery Squad Kano, the Force Intelligence Unit and other
undercover operative Units as well as Conventional Police Team under the
Supervision of CP Kano State Command.
This Joint team has been on the trail of the
remnant of Boko Haram Group in various locations in Kano and environs for some
time. The Special Police Team has prevented several attempts in various places
in Kano and its environs by this Boko Haram Group to attack innocent citizens
in Kano.
The sustenance of this operation by Special Forces
yielded positive result this morning when the team intercepted the
remnant of BH Group while they were about to move to attack public centres,
Places of Worship and other places where people gathered to carry out their
means of livelihood.
The Police Team came under attack of this remnant
and they were repelled in the process they were able to arrest five suspects
three male and two females three Police operatives sustained injuries from the
IEDs and Gunshots Launched on them by this terrorist group they are currently
receiving treatment in the Hospital.
All the suspects confessed to be active members of
the BH group that involved in several killings of innocent Nigerians in Kano and
other North Eastern States. They equally volunteer confessional statement
indicating the planned attack they were about to carry out in Kano and other
North Eastern States.
SUSPECTS ARRESTED
1. Abba
Mohammed of Niger Republic aged 20yrs
2. Usman A.
Buhari aged 23yrs of Borno State
3. Iliyasu
Abdullahi aged 46yrs of Gezawa LGA, Kano State
4. Aisha
Ya’u 25yrs and Ladidi Yunusa aged 27yrs both of Kwana Hudu Qtrs, Kano State.
EXHIBITS RECOVERED
1. One AK47
Rifle No. 58008821
2. Forty
Nine Ammunition
3. Four
Magazines
4. Pieces
of IEDS Recovered
5. Two Sets
of Air Force Uniform
6. Four
Caps Of Air force Uniform
7. One Hand
smoke
8. One
Military Boot
9. One set
of Camouflage Uniform
10.
One
Volkswagen Motor vehicle Key
11.
One
Laptop
12.
One IPad
13. Some
pictures of the suspects with Military Uniform
14.
Some
operational black masks
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