The
State Security Service, on Wednesday, paraded eight Boko Haram members
involved in the killing of the two abducted expatriate staff of
Stabilini Visioni Construction firm Christopher Mcmanus, a Briton; and
Franco Lamolinara, an Italian. The foreigners were killed in Sokoto
during a failed rescue operation carried out by British commandos, SSS
personnel and soldiers.
During the parade, the SSS gave details
of the failed operation, revealing that the decision to conduct it was
taken after the arrest of the leader of the kidnap plot, Abu Mohammed.
Mohammed and five other members of the sect were arrested during a raid
on their hideout at Layin Hanwa, Zaria, Kaduna State, on March 7, 2012.
The suspects were said to have been arrested while holding a Shura
Council meeting of the sect. The Shura Council is Boko Haram’s highest
decision-making body.
The SSS said a soldier was killed and
his throat slashed, while one SSS operative was seriously injured by
Boko Haram members during the raid.
The Assistant Director, Media and Public
Relations, Doyin Adetuberu, who addressed newsmen in Abuja on
Wednesday, announced that Mohammed died two days later from the bullet
wounds he sustained during the raid.
The service paraded three youths aged
between 19 and 20 years who were found to have conducted surveillance on
the victims before their abduction in May, 2011 at their residence in
Kebbi State.
The suspects, Bashir Ibrahim (aka
Adda’u), Ibrahim Habibu, and Gambo Maiborodi were described as the
collaborators that made the abduction of the foreigners possible.
The SSS also paraded five other
suspects, Abu Mohammed; Mohammed Adam (aka Dan Hajiya); Abubakar Habibu;
Shitu Salihu; Abubakar Umar and Ahmed Samaila, who were involved in the
crime.
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