The Department of State
Services (DSS) says it has arrested, in Kukuntu village, Gwagwalada, Abuja, two
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) commanders based in West Africa.
According to the DSS, the
names of the suspects are Rufai Sajo and Bashiru Adams.
The ntoice of the arrest
comes days after SaharaReporters revealed that the Federal Government had
alerted the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority
of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of the threat by ISIS
to attack commercial flights into and out of the country, and "bring
bloodshed to the skies".
FAAN subsequently said it
had tightened security around main airports in the country as a result of the
report.
Henrietta Yakubu, General
Manager, Corporate Affairs, of FAAN, had said there was major security focus on
Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt airports, being the major routes
for international passengers entering the country.
Yakubu said the FAAN
Aviation Secuirty (AVSEC) was joining hands with other security agencies to
keep guard on perimeter fence, the cargo area, the runway and other restricted
areas.
According to a DSS
statement issued by Tony Opuiyo on Thursday, the suspects were arrested back on
May 5 after special operations on identified targets.
Opuiyo said that in a
related operation on April 28, the service also arrested one Umar Dogo, a
suspected member of Islamic State West AFrica (ISWA) at Muda Lawal Market in
Bauchi.
He said the suspects were
discovered to have concluded plans to perpetuate the ideals of the group in the
area and, in collaboration with Boko Haram, carry out heinous violent attacks
on innocent persons.
The operative also said
following intelligence reports, two experts in improvised explosive devices
(IEDs), Adamu Hassan, aka Bale, and Abubakr Abubakar aka Alhaji or Buba, were
arrested.
He said two other members
of Boko Haram, Mohammed Saleh, aka Azrak and Iliyasu Abubakar, aka Ruwa, were
also arrested on April 12 and 19 at Gassol and Ardo local government areas of
Taraba.
Opuiyo said in furtherance
of the service`s operation, two members of the dreaded Basalube kidnap group,
Usman, aka Siddi and Ibrahim Muhammed, aka Ganaja, were arrested on June 17 at
Karu village in Abuja.
He said during one of the
operations, one of the group’s members, Tambaya Umar was arrested on April 24
at Odigie village, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo.
Opuiyo said Umar was
arrested alongside Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Mohammed, Aliyu Manu and Umar Mohammed
for their complicity in the group’s numerous criminal acts.
He said that on March 27,
the service also arrested five members of a kidnap syndicate at Calabar.
The suspects are Simeon
Paul, Emmanuel Etim, Eric Out, Famous Oleke and Felix Eshet
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