MASTERMIND OF BAYERO ATTACK ARRESTED
Security
forces attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in Kano State yesterday
afternoon arrested one of the suspected masterminds of the attack on the convoy
of Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, last month.
The man, simply identified as Suleiman and
also known as Babawo, was picked at his residence located in Chiranchi quarters
behind the old campus of Bayero University Kano, security sources disclosed.
Security officials revealed that the suspect
was one of the brains behind the unsuccessful plot to assassinate the monarch.
He was also fingered as the person commanding several insurgents attack in the
city recently.
Daily Trust learnt that four guns, over 1000
rounds of ammunition, handsets and cash were recovered in the building during
the arrest. The man, who is an indigene of Jigawa State, is married to four
wives and has eight children, added the official.
But another source said the suspect was
arrested at Hadejia Road on his way into the state, from where he led security
men to his house.
It was also gathered that the suspect is a
retired police corporal and has provided information that led to the arrest of
two other suspects at different parts of the state, including a university
undergraduate.
Meanwhile, the JTF yesterday demolished the house
of the suspect. It was not clear whether his family were living there, but
eyewitnesses said the house was pulled down by bulldozers escorted by soldiers.
The motorcade of the Emir of Kano was attacked
on January 19, by many gunmen, after leaving the venue of Qur’anic graduation
ceremony at Masallacin Murtala in Gandu quarters.
Six persons were killed by the assailants,
while over a dozen others, including the emir’s two sons, sustained injuries.
Bayero and the two princes were flown to the United Kingdom for medical
attention a day after the incident.
Security agents had on Monday, January 21,
2013 arrested a man who they claimed was a principal suspect in the attack and
who they said had been providing them with useful information about others
involved in the attack, information which led to the arrest of three others.
However, all attempts to get the
comments of the JTF over the arrest was not successful.
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