News Boko Haram suicide bomb coordinator, other frontline members arrested by DSS

Boko Haram suicide bomb
coordinator, other frontline
members arrested by DSS

The Department of Security Service has arrested
21 alleged commanders and front-line members
of the Boko Haram terrorist group including the
group's suicide bomb attacks coordinator. A
statement signed by Mr Tony Opuiyo, DSS
spokesperson, states that the sect members were
arrested in different parts of the country from
July 8th to August 25th.
"They include those allegedly responsible
for the coordination and execution of the
suicide attacks in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria
and Jos who were arrested on July 8 in
Gombe State. Usman Shuaibu a.k.a money,
said to be the co-ordinator of the suicide
attacks, Ahmed Mohammed also known as
Abubakar, an Improvised Explosives Device
(IED) expert, who is said to have prepared
the IEDs for the attacks. Others are Adamu
Abdullahi, Ibrahim Isa, who allegedly carried
out reconnaissance on targets in the Jos
attacks, and Mutaqqa Yusuf who is said to
have assisted Usman Shuaibu in planning
and executing the attacks. Shaibu and his
group were intercepted on their way to
Bauchi State, where they had planned to
execute another bomb attack".
12 other suspects are said to have been arrested
in Lagos State, while three were apprehended in
Enugu, Gombe and Kano States.