The Joint Task Force(JTF) in Kano arrested a suspected Boko
Haram member at the residence of the son of late former Head of State Sani
Abacha, Mohammed, Daily Trust reliably gathered.
It was gathered that the suspect who is a domestic aide of
Abacha’s son at his residence located on Magajin Rumfa road at the Government
Reserved Area (GRA) in Nasarawa local government area of the state was trailed
to the house following the arrest of a suspected Boko Haram member in
Maiduguri, Borno State. Security forces comprising men of the Nigerian Army and
those of the State Security Service (SSS) went to the residence at around 1pm
on Wednesday. A source close to the family told Daily Trust that the security
operatives arrived the house at a time when the aides of Mohammed were saying
their Zuhr prayers.
“They came during the Zuhr prayers; in fact the people
around in the house were observing the prayers. The security men alighted from
their cars and about 10 of them who were well-armed entered the building and
waited till the end of the four raka’at prayers.
“After the prayers, they asked all the people around to lie
down. In fact some security men who were among those people praying were also
asked to lie down because they were in mufti. When the security men among those
people that were lying down indentified themselves, the JTF members asked them
to stand up,” he said.
According to the source, the JTF operatives then brought out
a suspected Boko Haram member who was handcuffed to identify the suspect in
Mohammed’s house.
“As the suspect was trying to identify the one in Mohammed’s
house, he started running and jumped a fence but the security operatives
arrested,” he said.
However, when our correspondents went to the residence of
Mohammed around 1pm yesterday, security guards stationed there denied knowledge
of the military operation and the arrest of the suspected Boko Haram member.
But a trader near the residence said he heard about the
arrest of the suspect from a friend. “I was not around when the operation took
place but I heard that a suspected Boko Haram member was arrested in the house
yesterday (Wednesday),” he said.
When contacted by telephone, Mohammed Abacha said nothing
like that happened.
Spokesman for JTF in Kano state, Captain Ikedichi Iweha,
confirmed the operation but declined further information, saying investigation
was still on.
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