AS residents of Kano State begin to heave a sigh of relief
that the era of bomb explosions is gone, the Joint Task Force (JTF), in the
early hours of Monday, uncovered a bomb factory where bombs and
other dangerous equipment were being made in preparation for use during the Eid
el Kabir and Christmas celebrations.
The son of the owner of the house
where the explosives were being manufactured was killed during the JTF
operation. He was inside the building between 2-3 a.m. when the operation took
place.
Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in
Kano, the 3 Brigade commander, Brigadier-General Ilyasu Abba, said the whole
festive period could have been a disaster if the huge amount of weapons being
manufactured were not discovered .
Among the dangerous weapons which had
already been made for an assignment at the terrorists’ hideout at Gunduwawa
village in Gezawa Local Government Area in the ancient city are 193
rounds of 5.3mm ammunition , one AK 47 magazine, 107 rounds of
7.6mm special ammunition and working tools and materials used for making
Improvised Explosive Devices (EIDs ).
Others are materials used for making
IEDs, which include three primed cylinders of IEDs, one primed explosive
suicide back pack , 18 empty IEDs cylinder, small bags of fertilizer, IEDs
timers, cortex wires, three remote control devices and 24 detonators.
According to Brigadier-General Abba,
the JTF team and the Director of State Security Service (DSSS) stormed the bomb
factory between 2- 3 a.m. last Monday and succeeded in killing one of the
terrorists, who was the son of the owner of the house, The house was allegedly
gave out on hire.
He added that the raid, which
was conducted following intelligence report, made no arrest as the
terrorists fled the village on the approach of the JTF troop and the DSSS,
saying that the security operatives did not attempt to attack the terrorists
with maximum equipment because they were cautious not to kill innocent
citizens.
Abba further hinted that other
dangerous equipment recovered from the bomb factory were five motorola hand
held radios, four communicators, six alarm clocks, three cartons of eight-volt
batteries, one external hard drive and one heavy duty charger/ battery.
Corroborating Brigadier-General Abba,
the state DSSS, Bassey Etang, said the son of the owner of the house, who was
killed during the operation was found at the scene of the incident at the odd
hour (2-3 a.m on Monday), alleging that he must be a member of Boko Haram
since he was among those that gave out the building for hire without the
knowledge of his father.
While commending the general public
for their unflinching support and useful information being given to the
security operatives , the state DSS Bassy Etang assured that every information
given would be treated with confidentiality
He noted that without the necessary
information from member of the public could have not succeeded in tracking the
terrorists.
The DSS who disclosed that the very
house where the Boko Haram members were uncovered had been demolish in line with
the security regulation , noting that owners of house have been warned several
times to be wary of who they who gave their building for rent to afford been
demolish if found to be hideout of terrorists.
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