The Nigerian military has announced that it has caught the mastermind of the Jos and Kaduna blasts which claimed close to 100 lives.
In a tweet on Wednesday, the Defence Headquarters announced that the suspect was arrested at a military checkpoint in Gombe State. The arrest followed an operation by a combined team of the military and DSS operatives.
According to the army “The military and Department of State Security operatives had trailed him until he was apprehended while trying to evade arrest inside a trailer at Dadinkowa check point in Gombe.
“The highly placed terrorist was arrested with 2 others who were in his company. One of them was however shot while trying to escape.
“The arrested suspects have been moved to another location for further interrogation”.
#FLASH: Troops have arrested a mastermind of the Jos & Zaria bombing at a checkpoint in Gombe /..1
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 8, 2015
#FLASH: following an operation by combined team of military & DSS operatives. More details. /..2
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 8, 2015
#UPDATE: TROOPS ARREST MASTERMIND OF JOS / ZARIA BOMBINGS http://t.co/2Cy61q8VsW via @defenceinfong
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 8, 2015
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