The State Security Service (SSS) today in Abuja paraded five suspected
Boko Haram members alleged to have planned deadly attacks on Igala,
Kogi State.
Among the suspects were Dr. Mohammad Nazeef Yunus, an Assistant
Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Kogi State University. He
was said to be the Spiritual Leader and Coordinator for Boko Haram in
the State, and the leader of the gang.
Nazeef, who was born in Idah, Kogi State, attended the Arabic Central
Primary School in that town, and El-Kanemi College, Maiduguri. He also
studied at the Islamic School, University of Medina, in Saudi Arabia
and served in the National Youth Service Corp in 1995 at Al-Iman
Secondary School, Dogon Dutse, in Jos.
Nazeef earned a Masters Degree in Arabic from the University of Jos.
Just last year, he earned a Ph.D in Islamic Studies from Kogi State
University.
Also arrested by the SSS were Umar Musa (Instructor), Mustapha Yusuf,
Ismaila Yunusa, Mohammed Nasir, and Ibrahim Isa.
SSS spokesperson Marilyn Ogar said the suspects were planning to carry
out an attack on Igala Land but were arrested at Zuba white mosque
near Abuja on their way to Zambisa in Maiduguri for training. They
were also going to install Sharia in Kogi State.
Umar Musa (Head of Operations/Instructor) confessed publicly that he
was employed by Boko Haram as Instructor after he lost his job with
the state teaching hospital, and was taken to the Sambisa camp of the
sect for a week's training on handling weapons. He said he was
deployed to the education unit of the camp as Munzi (instructor) and
placed on a monthly salary of N50,000. He further stated that he and
Yusuf later returned from Sambisa and re-united with Nazeef in Kogi
State where they plotted to carry out violent attacks in Igala land.
He maintained that Nazeef appointed him the Head of Operations and
munzir.
Mustapha Yusuf (Armourer/Chief Courier) and Ismaila Abdulazeez (Foot
soldier) confessed that that Nazeef was their teacher who teaches them
Jihad and Islamic Sharia.
Ogar told newsmen that the suspects will soon be charged to court
Boko Haram members alleged to have planned deadly attacks on Igala,
Kogi State.
Among the suspects were Dr. Mohammad Nazeef Yunus, an Assistant
Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Kogi State University. He
was said to be the Spiritual Leader and Coordinator for Boko Haram in
the State, and the leader of the gang.
Nazeef, who was born in Idah, Kogi State, attended the Arabic Central
Primary School in that town, and El-Kanemi College, Maiduguri. He also
studied at the Islamic School, University of Medina, in Saudi Arabia
and served in the National Youth Service Corp in 1995 at Al-Iman
Secondary School, Dogon Dutse, in Jos.
Nazeef earned a Masters Degree in Arabic from the University of Jos.
Just last year, he earned a Ph.D in Islamic Studies from Kogi State
University.
Also arrested by the SSS were Umar Musa (Instructor), Mustapha Yusuf,
Ismaila Yunusa, Mohammed Nasir, and Ibrahim Isa.
SSS spokesperson Marilyn Ogar said the suspects were planning to carry
out an attack on Igala Land but were arrested at Zuba white mosque
near Abuja on their way to Zambisa in Maiduguri for training. They
were also going to install Sharia in Kogi State.
Umar Musa (Head of Operations/Instructor) confessed publicly that he
was employed by Boko Haram as Instructor after he lost his job with
the state teaching hospital, and was taken to the Sambisa camp of the
sect for a week's training on handling weapons. He said he was
deployed to the education unit of the camp as Munzi (instructor) and
placed on a monthly salary of N50,000. He further stated that he and
Yusuf later returned from Sambisa and re-united with Nazeef in Kogi
State where they plotted to carry out violent attacks in Igala land.
He maintained that Nazeef appointed him the Head of Operations and
munzir.
Mustapha Yusuf (Armourer/Chief Courier) and Ismaila Abdulazeez (Foot
soldier) confessed that that Nazeef was their teacher who teaches them
Jihad and Islamic Sharia.
Ogar told newsmen that the suspects will soon be charged to court
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