BOKO HARRAM BOMB MAKER ARRESTED
of explosives used in a series of Boko Haram
suicide attacks has been arrested in North-East
Nigeria, a senior police officer told AFP on
Tuesday.
The man, identified only as Ba'na, was held in the
Arikime area of Potiskum after several weeks of
surveillance, said the officer, who was involved in
the Sunday arrest.
Potiskum, the commercial capital of Yobe State,
has been hit by a wave of bombings in recent
months, including a suicide attack on a secondary
school in November 10 in which 58 people were
killed.
On January 18, at least four people died in an
attack on a bus station, while the previous
weekend, two women wearing suicide vests killed
six people at a market and two died in a car
bombing outside a police station.
The police officer, who asked not to be identified
because he is not authorised to speak to the
media, said Ba'na was in his mid-thirties and had
admitted making the bombs.
"He confessed to being responsible for the
manufacturing of the explosives used in at least
three suicide attacks and the car explosion
outside the divisional police station," he added.
Nine alleged accomplices were also arrested in a
hideout in the town hours after Ba'na's arrest.
Ba'na allegedly made the explosives used in the
November school attack, the January 10 car
bombing and January 11 market blasts, the
source said.
He was said to have moved to Potiskum from the
state capital, Damaturu, three years ago and
worked as a stonemason and water vendor before
getting married.
"He was quite good at his disguise and his mason
and water vending jobs gave him perfect cover,"
the officer said.
Source: Tribune
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