Security Operatives Nabs Suspected Boko Haram Bomb Maker

Nigerian security operatives have arrested a suspected Boko Haram bomb maker and nine accomplices today, Tuesday January 27. The man, identified as Ba’na, suspected to be behind the fabrication of explosives used in a series of Boko Haram suicide attacks, was arrested in Yobe State.

The suspected bomb maker was held in the Arikime area of Potiskum after some weeks of surveillance.

A police officer, who spoke on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said Ba’na was in his mid-thirties and had admitted making the bombs.

“He confessed to being responsible for the manufacture of the explosives used in at least three suicide attacks and the car explosion outside the divisional police station,” he added.

Nine alleged accomplices were also arrested in a hideout in the town hours after Ba’na’s arrest. Ba’na allegedly made the explosives used in the November school attack, the January 10 car bombing and January 11 market blasts, the source added.
He was said to have moved to Potiskum from the state capital Damaturu three years ago and worked as a stonemason and water vendor before getting married.

“He was quite good at his disguise and his mason and water vending jobs gave him perfect cover,”the officer said.

But the Nigeria Police has said it did not have any information on the suspect or purported arrest.