The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano has arrested a man
suspected to be the master trainer of Boko Haram female suicide bombers with 16
females who were reportedly being trained for suicide operations, according to secirity sources.
According to reports, the man identified as Ibrahim Ibrahim
was arrested in Dala LGA of Kano females were being trained to carry out
suicide bombings during a raid by the Joint Task Force in the state.
It will be recalled that the just concluded Sallah
celebration was marred in the state as female suicide bombers struck at five
different locations. About 30 persons lost their lives to the female suicide
bombers who were believed to be less than 20 years old.
A top security source confirmed the arrest but added, “You
know we have carried out many recent successful operations recent. I will not
like to say much on this latest operation.”
“He is still being held and interrogated by the JTF he is cooperating with the force by
divulging vital information about their new strategy of using teenage girls for
suicide bombings. I don’t know the exact number of the girls because one of my
colleagues who participated in the operation said 13 while the other one said
16,” he said.
Spokesperson of the JTF in Kano, Captain Ikechukwu Eze,
confirmed an operation in Dala Local Government Area.
“There was an operation in Dala where one Ibrahim Ibrahim
was arrested alongside some persons. Investigation is still on,” he stated.
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