DSS arrests Boko Haram gun manufacturer, linkman

The Department of State Security (DSS) yesterday disclosed that it has arrested a suspected notorious gun manufacturer and arms runner who is also a linkman/courier to the dreaded Islamist Boko Haram killer sect.
The arms runner whose name was given as Musa Garba Abubakar (Engr), aka Muhadis Musa Bin Haddad, was allegedly arrested in Jos, Plateau State, during a special tactical operation conducted by the DSS.
This was contained in a statement by the DSS signed by one Tony Opuiyo, of the DSS head¬quarters, Abuja.
According to the service, two pistols, 80 rounds of live ammunition and several sensitive documents were recovered from him when he was arrested.
The DSS further stated that: “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, including Umar Khalil Muhammed and Mohammed Yakubu Tahir, aka Mallam Yaro, on March 2, 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 for Abubakar and his products to criminal elements in the North-Central region of the country.
“In strengthening its counter-terrorism strategy, the DSS also arrested one Armaya’u Yakubu, aka Ali Tekwando, Yakubu Sule and Usman Ibrahim on March 3, 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 DSS however reiterated that it would continue to sustain the fight against organized vices and criminalities by terrorists, kidnappers, fraudsters and other deviant elements in the country.
It also urged law abiding Nigerians and indeed, all residents to continue to support law enforcement/security agencies, with proactive and actionable intelligence, for the sustenance of peace, law and order.