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| Nigeria's Department of State Services announced it arrested two Boko Haram members planning to infiltrate the Nigerian army. Photo courtesy of Beeg Eagle/Wikipedia |
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Nigeria's Department of State Services said it arrested two Boko Haram members attempting to infiltrate the Nigerian army.
The two men were identified
as Ibrahim Abubakar and Idris Audu, high-level members of the militant
organization violently attempting to establish a Muslim caliphate in
Nigeria. Their arrests came Sunday in Kano.
"In response to the regrouping of Boko Haram elements in Kano State,
the Service in concert with the military, carried out coordinated
operations in the State which led to the apprehension of two high
profile members of the sect..."Audu is an [improvised explosives
devices] specialist who was being groomed to penetrate security agencies
in the country. Audu had already perfected plans to seek for
recruitment into the next recruitment scheme of the Nigeria army, before
his arrest," DSS spokesman Tony Opuiyo said.
He added another prominent Boko Haram leader considered a kidnapping expert,
Samuel Asuquo, was arrested Aug. 22. The DSS said Asuquo was
responsible for the kidnapping of three Australians employed by a cement
company in Nigeria, for whom a $473,000 ransom was paid.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/09/05/Nigeria-arrests-two-Boko-Haram-members-planning-to-infiltrate-army/5611473090205/
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