DSS arrests insurgents' arms manufacturer in Jos

The Department of State Services has announced
the arrest of Musa Garba Abubakar, an engineer
reported to have been manufacturing and procuring
arms for the extremist Boko Haram sect.
In a statement by Tony Opuiyo of the service, the agency
revealed how Abubakar aka Muhadis Musa Bin Haddad ,
was arrested in Jos, Plateau State, during a special and
tactical operation.
Abubakar's arrest, the SSS said, saw the men of the service
recovering two pistols, 80 rounds of live ammunition and
several sensitive documents.
Abubakar was also said to have tried employing
propaganda to propaganda to manipulate the international
community against the efforts of the Federal Government
as he sought logistics and financial support from a foreign
mission to fight the Boko Haram
"On 2nd March, 2016, one Musa Garba ABUBAKAR (Engr) aka
Muhadis Musa Bin HADDAD, was arrested at Jos, Plateau
State, during a special tactical operation by the Service.
ABUBAKAR is a major gun fabricator, arms-runner and a covert
linkman/courier for the Boko Haram group, " the statement
reads.
Continuing, Opuiyo said ' During his arrest, 2 pistols, 80
rounds of live ammunition and several sensitive documents
were recovered from him. In a bid to employ propaganda to
manipulate the international community against the efforts of
the Federal Government, in the ongoing war against terror in
the North-West region, MUSA had approached a foreign mission
in Nigeria for logistics and financial support to fight the Boko
Haram. However, unknown to the mission, he is actually an
unauthorized gun-maker/runner with intent for mischief and
communal strife in the North Central region.
'In furtherance of exploited leads, this Service apprehended
other suspected associates of the gun-runner, namely: Umar
Khalil MUHAMMED and M ohammed Yakubu TAHIR aka
Mallam YARO, on 2nd March, 2016. MUHAMMED was arrested
at Layin Oscar in Jos South LGA, while TAHIR was picked up
at Mista Ali area, along Jos-Zaria road in Bassa LGA. The duo
are accomplices and active marketers of ABUBAKAR and his
products to criminal elements in the North-Central region of the
Country.
'In strengthening its counter-terrorism strategy, the Service also
arrested one Armaya’u YAKUBU aka Ali Tekwando, Yakubu
SULE and Usman IBRAHIM on 3rd March, 2016, at Hayin
Danmani area in Kaduna metropolis.
'The trio were members of an extremist cell under the
coordination of YAKUBU, with affiliation to the proscribed
extremist group, ANSARU and have been perfecting plans to
travel to Sudan, for terrorist training with other radical elements
of the group ," the statement reads further.