SSS, uncovers bomb factory.

•Six suspects
arrested
Six suspects
have been arrested in
connection with the
bombings in Suleja, Niger
State.
The State Security Services
(SSS), which broke the news
yesterday, said it also
uncovered a building in Suleja
where explosives are being
manufactured by members of
the Boko Haram sect.
Also yesterday, the Nigerian
Immigration Service (NIS)
deported 72 Nigeriens
handed over by the Brigade of
Guards, the Army Unit
protecting the President.
The NIS is looking for a man
suspected to be recruiting
and sending Nigeriens into
Nigeria.
The SSS, in a statement in
Abuja signed by its
spokesperson Mrs Marylyn
Ogar, said: “Following the
bombings at the INEC office,
Suleja on 8th April, 2011 and
the All Christians Fellowship
Church, Suleja, Niger State on
10th July, 2011, this Service
commenced investigation to
unravel the perpetrators.
“Consequently, on 4th August,
2011, a suspect, who is a
Nigerien national, was
apprehended in connection
with the bombing in Suleja.
“He confessed to his
involvement in the bombings
as well as his membership of
the Boko Haram sect. His
confession led to the arrest of
a 31-year old indigene of Imo
State who converted to Islam
in 2003.
“The second suspect, who is
born of a Nigeriene mother,
was brought up in Niger
Republic, where he had his
early education. He also
admitted to being a member
of the Boko Haram sect as well
as having worked in concert
with a third suspect from
Kano State to carry out attacks
in Suleja. Their confessions led
to further arrest of two
accomplices from Borno State.
“The five suspects all
confessed that the main
supplier of the explosive
materials used for their
bombing operations is a
miner from Nasarawa State,
who the Service eventually
arrested on 30th August,
2011.
“They also confessed that they
took part in the killing of four
policemen at a check-point at
Dakwa-Deidei in Bwari Area
Council of the FCT on 22nd
May, 2011.
“Investigation has indeed
revealed that the suspects
belong to the Boko Haram cell
operating in the Suleja-Abuja
axis, which is under the
direction and control of a
blood-thirsty Boko Haram
leader who is now at large.
“Meanwhile, a non-descript
building where the
Improvised Explosive Devices
(I.E.Ds) are assembled has
been uncovered at an area
popularly known as Chechnya,
Hayin-Uku village in Tafa Local
Government Area, Niger State.
“Among items recovered in
the merchandise of death are:
i. One (1) gas cylinder; ii. One
battery connected to a
detonator; iii. Two (2)
damaged detonators; iv. One
(1) locally made revolver; v.
One (1) gun butt; vi. Two (2)
knives; and vii. Ten (10) GSM
handsets with SIM cards.”
Other items recovered include
ceiling fan coil, metallic
cylinders, nine volts batteries
ready for use, 200 pieces of
detonators, detonating cables,
battery chargers, and a Honda
Civic car with Borno State
registration number AG 94
MNG, among others.
A bomb expert brought in by
the SSS, Mr. Adegboyega
Adeniyi, told reporters that an
assembled combination of
some of the items could
wreak the kind of devastation
at the bombed Abuja UN
building.
The identity of the owner of
the building is yet to be
established by the SSS, even as
the villagers, including the
village head were not willing
to give information about the
ownership of the house.
Mrs Ogar, who conducted
reporters round the horror
house, said the building had
been under surveillance and
that the suspects, who she did
not name, would be charged
to court “as soon as we find
any court that is willing to try
them”.
The NIS yesterday deported
72 Nigeriens as part of the
ongoing clampdown on Boko
Haram members and illegal
aliens.
NIS spokesman Joachim
Olumba, a chief
superintendent, who spoke
with our correspondents, said
the deported Nigeriens were
taken away from Abuja to the
nearest Nigerien border in
Katsina State at about 3.45pm.
Olumba said: “An Army officer
and some soldiers from the
Brigade of Guards on Monday
brought a truckload of young
men to us and informed us
that they were apprehended
between 5pm and 6pm
somewhere around Dei-Dei
while trying to enter Abuja.
“The nature of their
movement looked suspicious,
but we decided to determine
their nationality and mission
through screening.
“All through the night, we
screened them and conducted
investigation.
“After investigation, 80 are
Nigerians and 72 are from the
Republic of Niger.
“We were able to establish the
fact that these people do not
have any visible means of
livelihood. And given this
situation, we reasoned that it
will be improper to admit
them into Abuja when they
have no fixed addresses and
no contact.”
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