Boko Haram arms manufacturer arrested!!!

The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced the arrest of Musa Garba Abubakar an alleged major gun fabricator and arms-runner for the Boko Haram group.

The said Musa Garba Abubakar (Engr) aka Muhadis Musa Bin Haddad, was arrested at Jos, Plateau state, during a special tactical operation by the service on March 3, 2016.
Some of the items reportedly recovered from him during his arrest include: two pistols, 80 rounds of live ammunition and several sensitive documents.

As part of his covert operations for Boko Haram, DSS said Musa “in a bid to employ propaganda to manipulate the international community against the efforts of the Federal Government, in the ongoing war against terror in the North-West region, MUSA had approached a foreign mission in Nigeria for logistics and financial support to fight the Boko Haram”.

“However, unknown to the mission, he is actually an unauthorized gun-maker/runner with intent for mischief and communal strife in the North Central region.”

The agency stated that other associated of the suspected gun-runner were also arrested on March 2, namely, Umar Khalil Muhammed who was arrested at Layin Oscar in Jos South LGA, while Mohammed Yakubu Tahir aka Mallam Yaro was picked up at Mista Ali area, along Jos-Zaria road in Bassa LGA .



The duo are described as active marketers of Abubakar and his products to criminal elements in the north-central region of the country.

Other arrests made by the DSS in its counter-terrorism operation, include the arrest of one Armaya’u Yakubu aka Ali Tekwando, Yakubu Sule and Usman Ibrahim on 3rd March, 2016, at Hayin Danmani area in Kaduna metropolis.

“The trio were members of an extremist cell under the coordination of YAKUBU, with affiliation to the proscribed extremist group, ANSARU and have been perfecting plans to travel to Sudan, for terrorist training with other radical elements of the group,” according to the agency.




credit: Naij.com