Wednesday, August 31, 2011

A notorious boko haram mastermind the attack

Owing to various speculations
and misrepresentations in the
media arising from the bomb
attack on the United Nations
building on 26th August, 2011 in
Abuja, the Department of State
Services on behalf of other
security agencies wishes to state
as follows:
a. On 18th August, 2011, precise
intelligence was obtained by this
Service that some Boko Haram
elements were on a mission to
attack unspecified targets in
Abuja in an ash-coloured Toyota
Camry vehicle with registration
number AA539GBL
b. On 21st August, 2011 about
1300 hours a joint operations by
all security services led to the
arrest of two notorious leaders
of the Boko Haram extremists
sect, namely,
1. Babagana Ismail Kwaljima
(a.k.a Abu Summaya);
ii. Babagana Mali (a.k.a Bulama).
2. Following their arrests,
security was further beefed up in
Abuja and its environs.
Meanwhile, the suspects have
made valuable statements and
are being held at a military
facility.
3. Investigation has revealed that
one Mamman Nur, a notorious
Boko Haram element with Al-
Qaeda links who returned
recently from Somalia, working in
concert with the two suspects
masterminded the attack on the
UN building in Abuja.
4. Further investigation has also
revealed that the car used for the
attack was a Honda car with
Kano State registration number
AV38NSR. It was purchased on
3rd September, 2002 and
registered on 3rd December,
2002. The vehicle identification
number is 1HGCBA7400A100748,
Engine number, F22A72000540.
5. The security services wish to
reiterate their commitments to
ensuring that we have a safe,
peaceful and secure
environment. We want to
reassure Nigerians that we have
no other country and we must all
strive to maintain its unity which
is currently being threatened.
6. We implore all Nigerians to be
more security conscious and
vigilant, while urging the general
public to cooperate with security
agencies by providing useful
information that could lead to
the arrest of Mamman Nur who
is hereby declared WANTED. Any
person with useful information
which could lead to the arrest of
the suspect and other
accomplices should report to the
nearest police station, military
formations or any other security
agency.
- Full text of the statement by
Assistant Director, SSS, Marilyn
Ogar, on Wednesday.

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