Police uncover militants’ illegal training camp in Plateau
IN a boost against terror, the State Security Service(SSS) has arrested
and is interrogating a prominent man in Bauchi, who is suspected to be
the sponsor of 486 alleged terror elements apprehended in Aba, Abia
State.
Besides, the Plateau State Police
Command said yesterday that it has uncovered an illegal training camps
for armed men in Riyom local government of the State.
In a
related development, troops of 7 Division of Nigerian Army and members
of Civilian Joint Task Force (CTJF) in Borno State were said to have
killed over 200 Boko Haram insurgents and destroyed over 70 motorcycles
used by the bandits at Mainti village in Bama council of the state.
The SSS Assistant Director, (Public Affairs) Marilyn Ogar told
journalists yesterday at the scene of the Wednesday bombing in Abuja
that the security services would not conceal the identity of anyone
involved in insurgency .
She said, “there is no need for us to
continue to hide people any longer, I’m pained that a journalist was
caught in this particular incident. So for me, whether you are a Muslim
or Christian, woman or man, from anywhere or anybody, old or young, we
should begin to condemn insurgency and other criminalities.
I
want to use this opportunity to say that the main man that sent the 486
terror suspects have being apprehended in Bauchi. And is undergoing
interrogation.”
Also, the Police spokesman, Frank Mba, who was
also at the scene of the blast , reinstated that the casualty figure has
not changed, stressing that he cannot authoritatively say if foreigners
were caught in the blast, but Ogar said two Turkish nationals were
confirmed injured and were receiving treatment at the National Hospital.
A Superintendent of Police, Babayemi Akomolede, disclosed in Jos the
existence of the illegal training camp for militants during the 8th
meeting of the Plateau Peace Architecture Dialogue series.
Some
communities in Riyom council raised alarm that they had discovered an
illegal training camp for unknown gunmen around Rim village. They
therefore called on the police to protect them before the gunmen unleash
terror on the communities.
According to military sources in Maiduguri and the Civilian JTF, the successful joint operation against the insurgents was
facilitated by Bama residents and its traditional ruler by identifying the terrorists’ hideouts.
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