KANO—Director of Department of State Services,
DSS, in Kano, Mr. Bassey Etang, has said the
weapons of mass destruction discovered in a
bunker at a Lebanese residence in Kano,
Tuesday, belong to international terrorist
organisation, Hezbollah.
Etang spoke to newsmen in Kano, during a
joint conference with the Commandant of the 3
Motorised Division in Kano, Brigadier-General
Iliyasu Abba, at the scene of the discovery in
Bompai area of the Kano metropolis.


He said: “The weapons were brought in by an
international terrorist organisation, Hezbollah,
to attack Israeli and Western interest in
Nigeria.
“On May 28, a combined team of the JTF
involving the army of the 3 Brigade in Kano
and the Kano state DSS conducted a thorough
search on this house located at No 3 Gaya Road,
off Bompai Road, Kano, belonging to one Abdul
Hassan Taher Fadlalla, a Lebanese, who is
currently out of the country.
“After painstakingly searching the premises,
the search team uncovered an underground
bunker in the master bed room, where a large
quantity of assorted weapons of different types
and caliber were recovered. The bunker was
specially constructed for this purpose.”


Taking stock
On his part, the Commandant, Brigadier Abba,
said the weapons of mass destruction include 11,
50mm anti-tank weapons, two 122mm artillery
gun ammunition, four anti-tank landmines, 21
rocket-propelled grenades, RPG, 16 rocket-
propelled grenades charger, one rocket-
propelled grenade tube and 76 military
grenade.
Others are one SMG rifle, nine pistols, 17 AK-47
rifles, 44 magazines, 11,433 rounds of 7.62mm
special ammunition and 103 packet of slap TNT.
Brigadier Abba further revealed that
“investigation also confirms the existence of a
Hezbollah Foreign Terrorist Cell in Nigeria.
Arrest
On May 16, DSS arrested one Mustapha Fawaz
the co-owner of the popular Amigo Supermarket
and Wonderland Amusement Park, all in Abuja.
His arrest and confession unveiled other
members of the foreign terrorists network,
which led to the interception of one member of
the syndicate named Abdullah Tahini, a
Lebanese, at the Mallam Aminu Kano
International Airport with undeclared 60,000
United States Dollars on him en-route Beirut.
Thereafter, on May 26 one Talal Roda, also a
Lebanese with Nigerian passport, was arrested
in this same house.
According to the Brigade Commander, all the
arrested suspects have confessed to have
undergone Hezbollah terrorist training and
further implicated one Fauzi Fawad, also a co-
owner of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland
Amusement Park.
He said: “The fellow is now at large. The arms
and ammunition were targeted at facilities of
Israel and Western interest in Nigeria.
“However, the security agencies are making
efforts to unveil the true situation. At the end of
investigation, all those involved will be
prosecuted.”