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The Operatives of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have arrested a suspected suicide bomber despatched to attack troops, hunters and vigilantes in Yobe State.
Daily Trust learnt that the suspect, identified as Ibrahim, was arrested in Damaturu by the hunters’ group working in collaboration with Operation Hadin Kai and was taken to Maiduguri, Borno State, for further interrogation.
A vigilante, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the suspect was taken to the JIBWIS mosque in the Tashan Journey area of Maiduguri where he identified a spot he claimed to have dropped a bag containing an IED after he could not get close enough to detonate it.
The vigilante said, “However, the bag was not found at the indicated location.”
The source said further interrogation led the suspect to confess that he planted another bomb in a bag at the entrance of the Gamboru Market Mosque while his accomplice, identified as Adamu, now deceased, entered the mosque wearing a suicide vest which was detonated inside the mosque.
The suspect also disclosed that six suicide bombers were deployed to Maiduguri ahead of the attack under the coordination of a terror kingpin.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Yobe State Police Command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said police operatives were investigating the matter.
