Posted on December 19, 2011

[size=14pt]KANO STATE POLICE COMMAND PARADE BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS[/size]

A raid by a special squad of police from the Bompai headquarters on a compound at Unguwar Dabai, Rijiyar Zaki quarters within Kano metropolis has led to the arrest of Yunusa Ahmed and other items which include bomb detonating head explosives, wires, chemicals and audio cassettes containing the preaching of the killed Mohammed Yusuf, leader of the sect.

Yunusa was also apprehended with arabic books, one fabricated bomb casing, some sacks containing gun powder, two sacks of ammonium nyton used for making bombs, liquid substances and neutral wires.

In a similar raid, house of Mohammed Shaluarmi, who has been declared wanted by the police, was raided and items found therein were one empty gas cylinder, two cartons containing Arabic books, one bag of iron scraps for making bombs, one black polytene bag containing items for bomb making, five bags containing substances for making bomb, 20 sealed bags of substances for making bomb, one international passport bearing Mohammed Usman, one Afribank cheque booklet, two activated explosives, two assembled bombs and 25-litre of jerry can containing chemicals for bomb making.

The house of another suspect, identified as Alhaji Kyari who was arrested by the police, was also searched at the Gwammaja axis of Kano city where one live assembled bomb was recovered.

A suspected member of the sect who noticed unusual presence of police around his residence mobilized his disciples, who drove in three vehicles and gunned down two of the three policemen stationed to act as surveillance on the house according to the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris.

“(They) also shot to death a policeman attached to Special Anti Robbery Squad who arrived timely for re-enforcement while one other police man was injured now receiving treatment in the hospital,” CP Idris told newsmen this evening, adding that the anger of members of the public was displayed, “when they attempted to mob the suspects but for timely intervention of the police.”

Mr. Idris said “our men on the check point at Diga junction were equally attacked by unknown gun men.

During the incident, one SPY (Special Constabulary) assisting the command in stop and search was killed and one of our police corporal was shot and sustained gunshot injury. Twenty four expended rounds ammunition were recovered at the scene.

He also recalled that on 12 December, “one of our sergeant on a check point duty at Kofar Fomfo was attacked by unknown gunmen in a Honda vehicle and sustained injuries. The sergeant responded and the gunmen abandoned the vehicle and the content and away.

“Searches on the vehicle revealed some AK 47 live ammunition, 9mm and 5.56 ammunition, a laptop computer, 42 pieces of Motorola walkie-talkie model t5.118 and the sum of N58, 000.00K in ten naira denomination,” said CP Idris.

The rifle and cash found in the vehicle was traced to the recently attacked Yobe Police Command and the notes to another raided bank in Kaduna respectively. Attacks Boko Haram claimed full responsibility of.

“Investigations have so far shown that all the suspects arrested or being declared wanted are non-natives or non-indigenes of this state. They are strangers who have made their states inhabitable and have fled to Kano to abuse its hospitality.

“These incidents that occurred in the last few days and the support demonstrated by the indigenes of this state have shown that they have neither sympathy nor affiliation to these groups of individuals. The Command is very appreciative of the support shown by the members of the various communities by giving us information and showing visible anger by the attacks they made on the suspects during the arrests,” CP Idris added.

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