Five Boko Haram suspects arrested in Kano + photos

The Kano State Police Command has announced the arrest of five Boko Haram suspects in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the State, Rabiu Yusuf, made the announcement when he paraded the suspects on Sunday.
According to Yusuf, the suspects were arrested following active intelligence from the Nigeria Police Force indicating that the remnant of Boko Haram Group, who escaped from Sambisa Forest, had started regrouping in some States in the North, including Kano State.
He said the need to ensure the terrorists do not attack any location in any State led to the decision of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to set up the Joint Police Special Team comprising of Special Tactical Force, Special Anti-Robbery Squad Kano, the Force Intelligence Unit and other undercover operative Units as well as Conventional Police Team under his supervision.
Yusuf added: “This Joint team has been on the trail of the remnant of Boko Haram Group in various locations in Kano and environs for some time.
“The Special Police Team has prevented several attempts in various places in Kano and its environs by this Boko Haram Group to attack innocent citizens in Kano.
“The sustenance of this operation by Special Forces yielded positive result this morning when the team intercepted the remnant of BH Group while they were about to move to attack public centres, places of worship and other places where people gathered to carry out their means of livelihood.
“The Police Team came under attack of this remnant and they were repelled in the process they were able to arrest five suspects – three male and two females – three Police operatives sustained injuries from the IEDs and gunshots launched on them by this terrorist group. They are currently receiving treatment in the Hospital.
“All the suspects confessed to be active members of the BH group that involved in several killings of innocent Nigerians in Kano and other North Eastern States.
“They equally volunteered confessional statements indicating the planned attack they were about to carry out in Kano and other North Eastern States.”
According to Yusuf, those arrested were Abba Mohammed of Niger Republic, 20; Usman A. Buhari, 23, from Borno State; Iliyasu Abdullahi, 46, of Gezawa LGA, Kano State; Aisha Ya’u, 25; and Ladidi Yunusa, 27.
Ya’u and Yunusa are both from Kwana Hudu Quarters, Kano State.
Recovered from them were one AK47 Rifle, 49 ammunition, four magazines, pieces of IEDS, two Sets of Air Force uniform, four caps of Air force uniform, one hand smoke, one military boot, one set of camouflage uniform, one Volkswagen motor vehicle key, one laptop, one iPad, some pictures of the suspects with military uniform and black masks.