The headquarters of 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Bauchi, has arrested 4 persons suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists spies.
They include the one that carried out surveillance on the Madalla church before it was bombed.
Colonel Sani Usman Kukasheka, Director Army Public Relations, in a statement said the men: Victor Moses, Abubakar Shettima, Salisu Mohammed Bello and Umar Sadiq Madaki have been carrying out surveillance mission for the Boko Haram terrorists on target for suicide bombings or attacks.
It noted that luck ran out on them when Victor Moses went to a mosque in Bauchi and pretended that he wanted to be converted to Islam, adding that the people suspecting that he was not genuine, promptly reported the matter.
On interrogation, Moses confirmed that he was working for an Islamic cleric in Gombe (now at large) and that their point of contact was Abubakar Shetima, based in Jos.
He confessed to picking targets for suicide bomb attacks, including that of the Catholic Church Madalla, Suleja, Niger State on Christmas day, 25th December 2011.
The accused persons, currently undergoing further interrogation, were paraded by the Commander 33 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General Abraham Dusu at the Brigade’s Headquarters, Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi yesterday.
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