The
soldiers of the 33 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Bauchi, have
arrested four persons for carrying out surveillance activities of the
Boko Haram insurgents.
The Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Wednesday one the
detained terrorists spies, Victor Moses, carried out a surveillance
mission for the Boko Haram before the attack on the Catholic Church at
Madallah, Niger State on December 25, 2011.
According Usman, the spies included Victor Moses, Abubakar Shettima, Salisu Mohammed and Umar Sadiq Madaki.
He said that the troops arrested the
Boko Haram spies when Victor Modes went to a mosque ostensibly to get
converted to Islam in Bauchi.
He said that the worshippers who doubted
the sincerity of Moses alerted the security operatives who arrested him
and commenced a process of investigation into the matter.
Moses was said to have confessed to the
military interrogators that he was working for an Islamic Cleric in
Gombe who was at large.
He was also said to have mentioned one Abubakar Shettima, who is based in Jos, as the link between him and the cleric.
Usman said that Moses also confessed
that he carried out surveillance activities for the Boko Haram on places
targeted for attack including the Madalla church Christmas day attack.
“The headquarters of 33 Artillery
Brigade, Nigerian Army, Bauchi, has arrested four persons suspected to
be Boko Haram terrorists spies that include the one that carried out
surveillance on the Madalla church before it was bombed.
“The men Victor Moses, Abubakar
Shettima, Salisu Mohammed Bello and Umar Sadiq Madaki have been carrying
out surveillance mission for the Boko Haram terrorists on target for
suicide bombings or attacks.
“Luck ran out for them when Victor Moses
went to a mosque in Bauchi and pretended that he wanted to be converted
to Islam and the people suspecting that he was not genuine, promptly
reported the matter.
“On interrogation he confirmed that he
was working for an Islamic cleric in Gombe (now at large) and that their
point of contact was Abubakar Shetima based in Jos. He confessed to
casing targets for suicide bomb attacks including that of the Catholic
Church Madalla, Suleja, Niger State on Christmas day, 25th December
2011.” The statement read in part.
Usman said that the four Boko Haram
spies, undergoing interrogation at the headquarters of the 33 Artillery
Brigade, Bauchi, were paraded by the Brigade’s Commander, Brig. Gen.
Abraham Dusu, on Monday.
Source: Punch
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