Troops arrest mastermind of Jos, Zaria bombings

The men of the Nigerian military have arrested the suspected mastermind of the bomb explosions in Jos on Sunday and Zaria, Kaduna State, on Tuesday.
Not less than 44 people were killed in the bomb attack in Jos while at least 40 persons lost their lives in the Zaria bombing on Tuesday.
The Military said in a tweet on its official twitter handle on Wednesday that the mastermind of the Jos and Zaria bombings were arrested by a combined team of troops and operatives of the DSS at a military checkpoint in Gombe.
“Following an operation by combined team of military and DSS operatives, troops have arrested a mastermind of the Jos and Zaria bombings at a checkpoint in Gombe,” the tweet read.
The military is silent on the identity of the suspected mastermind of the bombings, investigation revealed that the security personnel trailed the Boko Haram member to the military checkpoint in Gombe where he was eventually picked up.
Two other suspected members of the sect were also said to be arrested with the mastermind of the grisly acts.
A security personnel, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the troops shot one of the two persons in the company of the suspected planner of the bomb explosions when he attempted to escape from the troops.
It was stated that the suspects were in custody as of the time of writing this story.

“He was not the only person arrested. He was taken into custody with two other persons in his company.
“They were trailed by a combined team of security operatives comprising soldiers and operatives of the DSS to the checkpoint in Gombe where they were arrested.
“One of them was shot when he tried to escape being arrested at the checkpoint.”
The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, confirmed the arrest of the suspected mastermind of the bomb attacks to our correspondent in a telephone conversation on Wednesday.
He said, “It is true that the suspect of the Jos and the Zaria bomb attacks have been arrested at a military checkpoint in Gombe.”
Olukolade did not give further details on the operations that led to the arrest of the three terror suspects.
#FLASH: Troops have arrested a mastermind of the Jos & Zaria bombing at a checkpoint in Gombe /..1
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 8, 2015
 
#FLASH: following an operation by combined team of military & DSS operatives. More details. /..2 — DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 8, 2015