The Department of State Services
(DSS) says it has arrested two Islamic State in West Africa commanders in
Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada, Abuja.
The DSS said this in a statement
issued by Tony Opuiyo, an operative of the service.
Ouiyo said the suspects were
arrested on May 5, after special operations on identified targets.
The statement was issued three
days after UK Sun reported that ISIS leaders were sneaking “battle-hardened
extremists” from Syria into Nigeria.
After the report, the federal
government ordered an intensified screening of passengers and luggage at the
nation’s airports.
Opuiyo said in a related
operation on April 28, the service also arrested one Umar Dogo, a suspected
member of ISWA at Muda Lawal market in Bauchi.
He said the suspects were
discovered to have concluded plans to perpetuate the ideals of the group in the
area, and in collaboration with Boko Haram, carry out heinous violent attacks
on innocent persons.
The operative also said following
intelligence reports, two experts in improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Adamu
Hassan, aka Bale and Abubakr Abubakar aka Alhaji or Buba, were arrested.
He said two other members of Boko
Haram, Mohammed Saleh, aka Azrak and Iliyasu Abubakar, aka Ruwa, were also
arrested on April 12 and 19 at at Gassol and Ardo local government areas of
Taraba.
Opuiyo said in furtherance of the
service`s operation, two members of the dreaded Basalube kidnap group, Usman,
aka Siddi and Ibrahim Muhammed, aka Ganaja, were arrested on June 17 at Karu
village in Abuja.
He said during one of the
operations, one of the group’s members, Tambaya Umar was arrested on April 24
at Odigie village, Ovia north east local government area of Edo.
Opuiyo said Umar was arrested
alongside Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Mohammed, Aliyu Manu and Umar Mohammed for
their complicity in the group’s numerous criminal acts.
He said on March 27 the service
also arrested five members of a kidnap syndicate at Calabar.
The suspects are: Simeon Paul,
Emmanuel Etim, Eric Out, Famous Oleke and Felix Eshet.
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