Lagos (AFP) – A man
said Monday that he
helped carry out deadly
attacks on April 29 at a
university church
service and admitted
belonging to Islamist
group Boko Haram in
his confession to
police.
Police in the northern
state of Kano
presented Augustine
Effiong to journalists
Monday following his
arrest on Friday for
attempted murder.
According to a police
statement, the 25-year-
old, also known as
Abubakar Garba, said
he was converted to
Islam by former Boko
Haram chief
Mohammed Yusuf, who
was killed by security
forces in 2009.
“He confessed to have
participated in a series
of attacks, killing of
policemen and military
personnel in the state
(Kano), including the
recent attack and
killings in Bayero
University Kano (BUK),”
police said.
Attackers with bombs
and guns opened fire at
church services at BUK
last month and killed
around 20 people as
worshippers tried to
flee.
“I was involved in the
attack at BUK,” he told
reporters in Hausa, the
dominant language of
northern Nigeria.
He further confessed to
being part of a “20-man
killer squad” charged
with targeting the
security services
around Kano, Nigeria’s
second largest city and
the key hub in the
mainly Muslim north.
Boko Haram has
repeatedly targeted the
security services in
Kano and has claimed
attacks that have killed
more than 1,000 people
since mid-2009.
“I killed many people,
including five soldiers
at checkpoints,” in
Kano, Effiong said.
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