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The chief imam of Aba Central Mosque, Malam Idris Bashir, his deputy,Mallam Bello Maija-a , a youth corper and four other northerners have been arrested in Abia state over alleged suspected bombs.
According to The Sun, soldiers stormed theAba Central Mosque on Mosque Street at about 2.00 am yesterday in search of bombs alleged to have been brought into the mosque. Former Abia State Amirul-haj and deputy chairman of the Muslim community in Aba, Alhaji Musa Iheakaram, said, after searching the mosque, arrested the Chief Imam, Ahis deputy, Mallam Bello Maija-a and a Youth Corps member serving in a school at the Mosque. The soldiers, who came from yet-to-be-identified army barracks, also raided the onions market at Uratta, a suburb of Aba, and after searching, picked up its chairman and the Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Bargi and Alhaji Sanni Jos respectively as well as Alhaji Inuwa Issa, chairman of Yam market, Ariaria Junction .
The former Amirul-haj said that the soldiers also arrested the chairman of the Moslem community on Ikot Ekpene Road, simply known as Alhaji Issa Intersoft.
Iheakaram also alleged that during the raid on the Central Mosque, the soldiers left with some bags containing chemicals used by students of the school within the Mosque for their practical studies.
Nigerian military sources are yet to issue a statement concerning this latest raid.
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According to The Sun, soldiers stormed theAba Central Mosque on Mosque Street at about 2.00 am yesterday in search of bombs alleged to have been brought into the mosque. Former Abia State Amirul-haj and deputy chairman of the Muslim community in Aba, Alhaji Musa Iheakaram, said, after searching the mosque, arrested the Chief Imam, Ahis deputy, Mallam Bello Maija-a and a Youth Corps member serving in a school at the Mosque. The soldiers, who came from yet-to-be-identified army barracks, also raided the onions market at Uratta, a suburb of Aba, and after searching, picked up its chairman and the Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Bargi and Alhaji Sanni Jos respectively as well as Alhaji Inuwa Issa, chairman of Yam market, Ariaria Junction .
The former Amirul-haj said that the soldiers also arrested the chairman of the Moslem community on Ikot Ekpene Road, simply known as Alhaji Issa Intersoft.
Iheakaram also alleged that during the raid on the Central Mosque, the soldiers left with some bags containing chemicals used by students of the school within the Mosque for their practical studies.
Nigerian military sources are yet to issue a statement concerning this latest raid.
#TheSun #Abia #Aba