*Late Borno
elder statesman, Shettima Monguno’s kidnapper among suspects
TROOPS of 31
Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, Thursday, raided an evolving Boko Haram
terrorists cell at Mokwa and its environs in Niger State.
The raid and
subsequent bursting of the terrorists’ cell, which came following confirmed
information, according to the Nigerian Army, followed a painstaking
surveillance that led to the arrest of the 3 leaders of the cell.
According to vanguard report, a statement
by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, named the
terrorists arrested at the cell as Mustapha Muhammed (Adam Bitri), Ali Saleh
and Uba Mohammed. The trio, according to Usman, were picked at their hideout at
Gidan Mai village, along Mokwa-Tegina road. ”
Preliminary investigation has
confirmed that one of the terrorists, Mustapha Muhammed (Adam Bitri), was among
the group of the Boko Haram terrorists that kidnapped the late elder statesman,
Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno, in Maiduguri on 13th May 2013 along with one
Bakura (at large), “the statement said.
It added that “Items recovered from
them include Automated Teller Machines, ATM debit cards, voters registration
cards, national identity cards, various mobile telephone handsets and bank
tellers, among other items,” adding that “the terrorists are currently being
further interrogated.”
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