The popular Amigo supermarket in Abuja was sealed off by the Nigeria
security agencies on Friday’s evening. The mall is owned by a Lebanese
who is accused of being part of an uncovered terrorist cell.
The
Joint Task Force in Kano on Thursday named Fauzi Fawad, a co-owner of
Amigo and Wonderland Amusement Park, Abuja’s largest, as allegedly part
of a Lebanese Hezbollah cell operating in Nigeria.
Both
public areas were open on Friday as shoppers and visitors, many unaware
of Mr. Fawad’s alleged involvement, continued their transactions.
Wonderland also allowed visitors in without the basic entry fee.
“I don’t know about the owners terrorism links, I just came here to get some stuff,” Chuks Nweze, a shopper at Amigo, said.
The
sealing was not done by the police. The sources from the Nigeria
security agencies said the sealing was done by the Department of State
Security, SSS, who did not want to raise any alarm among the public and
so waited till late in the evening to seal off both buildings.
Mr. Fawad is currently on the run, the JTF said after investigations by the SSS.
The
JTF said they arrested three Lebanese in various raids in Kano and
recovered heavy weaponry including anti-tank guns, rocket propelled
grenades from a bunker in the house used by the foreigners.
They said the three arrested all named Mr. Fawad as being part of their cell.
The Lebanese community in Kano has already distanced itself from the actions of those arrested.
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