Troops have arrested a suspected militia member allegedly involved in the recent attack on the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, in Jos south LGA of Plateau state.
The suspect, identified as Paul Kolsen, was apprehended at
about 3:30 pm on Sunday at Farm Centre, where he was “receiving treatment for a
gunshot wound” believed to have been sustained during the July 2 attack on the
institute.
According to security sources quoted by Zagazola Makama, a
counter-insurgency publication covering the Lake Chad region, Kolsen’s arrest
followed credible intelligence and comes days after other suspects linked to
the incident were taken into custody.
The July 2 attack was the latest in a series of assaults on
the institution. During the incident, troops engaged suspected Berom militia
members in a gun battle, killing one of the attackers while others fled into
nearby rocky terrain.
Security sources said soldiers recovered a service rifle
bearing registration number “CO-3175” during the operation.
The weapon was identified as one previously stolen from a
soldier killed in an attack on troops at the Federal College of Land Resources
Technology, Vom, on April 11.
The recovery of the rifle has widened the scope of ongoing
investigations, with security agencies now probing possible links between the
attacks on NIPSS and earlier assaults on military personnel operating along the
Kuru-Vom corridor.
Kolsen remains in military custody as investigators seek to
establish the extent of his alleged involvement in the attack and uncover other
members of the network behind the repeated assaults.
Security agencies said intelligence-driven operations are
continuing across the area to apprehend additional suspects and dismantle the
group believed to be responsible.
NIPSS, one of Nigeria’s foremost policy and leadership
institutions, has come under three separate attacks by gunmen between June 16
and July 2.
The incidents have claimed the lives of about three security
operatives and one suspected militia member.
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