The
Joint Security Task Force on Tuesday swooped on a house suspected to be
a hideout for Boko Haram members, at Hayin-Hotoro in Nassarawa local
government area of Kano state.
Spokesman of the 3
Brigade, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Ikedichi Iweha, conducted journalists
round the house. He said the JTF operatives discovered that the house
was also a bomb-manufacturing factory for Boko Haram.
According to Iweha, two
women and a number of children were rescued by the JTF during the early
morning operation in the Hayin Hotoro area, predominantly inhabited by
the low income earners resident.
He said, “The prime
suspect we were looking for was not arrested because he escaped before
we stormed the house. But we have rescued two women and some children
from the house.
“The two women and
children we have rescued have been taken away for investigation, and the
house will be brought down using military armoured carrier.”
Iweha also disclosed
that the security operatives were able to storm the area following a
tip-off, pleading for cooperation from residents who live with members
of the sect to inform any of the security agencies.
The Army Public
Relations Officer said during the operation, the JTF operatives were
able to discover a two-room apartment measuring about 25 by 25 ft in
size where the Improvised Explosive Devices were being assembled.
Among the items
recovered at the house were five IEDs, assorted containers, prime drum
for packaging the bombs, liquid substances, charcoal as well as about
four different DVD films of late al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden,
including one titled ‘Osama bin Laden death at last’.
This is the fourth time the JTF operatives carried out a similar operation in Kano metropolis.
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