The Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence
Response Team (IRT) headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has
discovered a new terrorist group.
The sect is called Jama’atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Biladis
Sudan or the Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa.
Police say the group was behind several abduction and
killings in the North-East in recent months.
The group became a top priority after IGP Mohammed Adamu
received petitions showing that its members had been sending emails to
different companies, threatening to kidnap their expatriates if the companies
didn’t pay them N50million annually.
The sect was behind the kidnap of two expatriates working
with Triacta Nigeria Limited, a construction company.
According to The Eagle Online, the IRT has arrested nine
members and recovered 204 rounds of AK47 live ammunition, military uniforms,
operational vehicle, drugs and foodstuffs meant to be conveyed to members
inside Birnin Gwari bush in Kaduna State.
The suspects are Mustapha Aminu, 23, aka China, of Tudun
Nupawa, Kaduna State; Saidu Aminu, 26, aka Dawud, of Tudun Nupawa, Kaduna
State; Aminu Shuaibu, 33, aka Abu Mus’ab, of Rigasa, Kaduna State; Ishak
Khalid, 30, aka Uztaz, of Maraban, Jos, Plateau State.
Others are Abubakar Yusuf, 24, aka AY, of Rigasa, Kaduna
State; Awal Umar Tela, 34, of Maraban, Jos, Plateau State; Abubakar Isah
Muhammad, 25, aka Khalifa Abu Aisara, of Dala, Kano State; Shuaibu Ahmadu, 25,
from Katsina State; and Abubakar Mustafa, 32, of Maraban, Jos, Plateau State.
The gang terrorized workers of Triacta Limited and was also
responsible for attacks on Mothercat Construction Company Limited.
A source said: “The suspects have confessed to the
kidnapping of the two expatriates, Zaid Alas from Jordan and Isah Jabour, a
Syrian, working with Triacta Limited at Shiroro, Niger State. The victims were
kidnapped on December 9, 2019 and the group’s leaders, Dogo Gide and Mahmud,
led the operation.
“The group collected N120 million as ransom and each member was given between N200,000 to N300,000. The suspects also confessed that their group was responsible for attacking Mothercat Construction Company as well as the kidnapping of Magajin Garin Daura in Katsina State.”
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