Armoury
suspected to be that of Hezbollah organization have been uncovered by a
team of joint security officers in Kano state, North West Nigeria.
Displaying
the weapons to journalists, the joint Security Chiefs of the Department
of State Security (DSS), Police and Nigerian Army, confirmed the
arrests of four persons suspected to be the occupants of the house.
According
to the security chiefs, on 28 May, a combine team of the Joint Task
Force (JTF) involving operatives of the Nigeria Army, and the DSS in
Kano conducted a search of the house located at No3 Gaya road off Bompai
road allegedly belonging to one Abdul Hassan Taher Fadlalla-a Lebanese
national who is now at large and declared wanted.
After
searching the building, the security agents uncovered an underground
bunker in the master’s bed room were these large quantity of assorted
weapons of different type and calibre.A raid on the residence of one of
the Lebanese had uncovered eleven 60 mm anti-tank weapons, four
anti-tank landmines, two rounds of ammunition for a 122 mm artillery
gun, 21 rocket-propelled grenades, seventeen AK-47s with more than
11,000 bullets and dynamite.
The
discoveries according to the officers confirm the existence of
Hezbollah cell in Nigeria.A statement by the military spokesperson in
Kano, Captain Ikedichi Iweha on Wednesday announced that three suspects
were arrested between May 16 and May 28 and they all admitted to being
members of Hezbollah under questioning.
“The
search team uncovered an underground bunker in the master bedroom where
a large quantity of assorted weapons of different types and caliber
were recovered,” Captain Iweha said. “All those arrested have confessed
to have undergone Hezbollah terrorist training.”
The
DSS on 16May, 2013 arrested one Mustapha Fawaz, suspected to be the
co-owner of the popular Amigo supermarket as well as Wonderland
Amusement Park, all in Abuja.They also arrested one Abdullahi Tahini at
Malam Aminu Kano International Airport while trying to leaves the
country.
Meanwhile,
the joint security chiefs confirmed that all those arrested have
confessed to have undergone Hezbollah training and further implicated
one Fauzi Fawad, also a co-owner of Amigo and Wonderland Amusement Park.
Hezbollah
is a Shi’a Islamic militant group and political party based in Lebanon,
is classified as a terrorist group by a number on western countries.
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