The
State Security Service (SSS) paraded a suspected commander and a
spiritual leader of Boko Haram and four members of his cell on November
20, 2013, Wednesday.
The suspects are being held by the SSS over the alleged plots to carry out attacks in Kogi state.
However,
Mr. Muhammad Nazeef denied the allegation as an attempt to set him up
by Boko Haram because he had been preaching against the sect's ideology.
But the other suspects insisted that he is their leader.
From
Left: 'Spiritual Leader and Recruitment Coordinator', Muhammed Nazeef
Yunus, 'Head of Operations / Instructor (Munzir)', Umar Musa, Armourer /
'Chief Courier, Foot soldier', Ismaila Abdulazeez and 'Foot soldier',
Ibrahim Isah ( aka one in town) being Paraded as Boko Haram suspects at
the SSS headquqrters in Abuja today. PHOTO: SaharaReporters; Macjohn
Akande - the Daily Trust
Nazeef,
who was born in Idah, Kogi State, attended the Arabic Central Primary
School in that town, and El-Kanemi College, Maiduguri. He also studied
at the Islamic School, University of Medina, in Saudi Arabia and served
in the National Youth Service Corp in 1995 at Al-Iman Secondary School,
Dogon Dutse, in Jos.
Nazeef
earned a Masters Degree in Arabic from the University of Jos. Just
last year, he earned a Ph.D in Islamic Studies from Kogi State
University.
Umar
Musa (Head of Operations/Instructor) confessed publicly that he was
employed by Boko Haram as Instructor after he lost his job with the
state teaching hospital, and was taken to the Sambisa camp of the sect
for a week’s training on handling weapons.
He
said he was deployed to the education unit of the camp as Munzi
(instructor) and placed on a monthly salary of N50,000. He further
stated that he and Yusuf later returned from Sambisa and re-united with
Nazeef in Kogi State where they plotted to carry out violent attacks in
Igala land. He maintained that Nazeef appointed him the Head of
Operations and Munzi.
Mustapha
Yusuf (Armourer/Chief Courier) and Ismaila Abdulazeez (Foot soldier)
confessed that that Nazeef was their teacher who teaches them Jihad and
Islamic Sharia.
SSS
spokesperson Marilyn Ogar said the suspects were planning to carry out
an attack on Igala Land but were arrested at Zuba white mosque near
Abuja on their way to Zambisa in Maiduguri for training. They were also
going to install Sharia in Kogi State.
Ogar told newsmen that the suspects will soon be charged to court.
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