One of the Boko Haram
suspects who engaged the police in a gun battle in Kano was dismissed
from the Nigeria air force.
Rabiu
Yusuf, commissioner of police in the state, disclosed this to reporters on
Sunday.
The
incident happened at Gaya in Unogo local government area of the state.
Yusuf
said the dismissed officer escaped with gunshot wound.
Five
suspects were later arrested. The police commissioner said they were nabbed at
a hideout where they were plotting an attack.
He
said one of the suspects made confessional statement to the police about the
plan launch a series of attacks on places of worship, public gathering and
other “strategic places of interest”.
The
suspects paraded by the police are Abba Muhammad of Niger republic, (20), Usman
A. Buhari (23) from Borno state and Illiasu Abdullahi (46) of Gezawa local
government area of Kano.
Two
“heavily pregnant” women were also arrested. They are Aisha Yau (25) and Ladidi
Yunusa (27) both of Kwarna hudu quarters in Nassarawa local government area of
Kano.
Yusuf
said three police officers sustained injuries as a result of improvised
explosive devices (IED) which the suspects used in attacking them.
“The
suspects were arrested following on an active intelligence from the Nigeria
police force indicating the remnants of the Boko Haram group who escaped from
Sambisa forest have started regrouping in some states of the north including
Kano state,” he said.
“It
is because of the concern to ensure that they don’t attack any location in any
state, that the inspector general of police set up a joint police special team
under the supervision of CP Kano command which launched a trail mission on the
remnant of Boko Haram group in various locations in Kano and its environs.
“The
special police team has prevented several attempt in various places in Kano and
its environs by this Boko Haram group from attacking innocent citizens in Kano.
He
listed exhibits recovered from the suspects as one AK47 riffle, three sets of
air force uniform, four caps of air force, one set of military boost, four
magazines, 47 ranks of ammunition, one hand spoke, vehicle keys, a laptop and
Ipad as well as some operational black mask with pictures of the suspects in
military uniform.
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