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The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced that it has uncovered a plot by suspected terrorists to attack Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto and Maiduguri during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration.
According to an officer of the agency, Mr Tony Opuiyo, several terrorists have been arrested in connection with the planned attack early on Friday— Yusuf Adamu and Abdulmuminu Haladu.
He said the service had earlier arrested Bashir Mohammed, the facilitator of the Kano attack on June 20 at Unguwar Barnawa, Kaduna.
Opuiyo said that their plan, together with some currently at large, was to assemble explosives and use them on selected targets during the sallah celebration.
He added that items recovered from Mohammed ‘s house were eight AK 47 rifles, 20 Ak 47 loaded magazines, 27 hand grenades and 793 rounds of live ammunition.
Others were one gas cylinder, three laptops, one Lifan motorcycle, one Honda Civic car and one printer.
According to an officer of the agency, Mr Tony Opuiyo, several terrorists have been arrested in connection with the planned attack early on Friday— Yusuf Adamu and Abdulmuminu Haladu.
He said the service had earlier arrested Bashir Mohammed, the facilitator of the Kano attack on June 20 at Unguwar Barnawa, Kaduna.
Opuiyo said that their plan, together with some currently at large, was to assemble explosives and use them on selected targets during the sallah celebration.
He added that items recovered from Mohammed ‘s house were eight AK 47 rifles, 20 Ak 47 loaded magazines, 27 hand grenades and 793 rounds of live ammunition.
Others were one gas cylinder, three laptops, one Lifan motorcycle, one Honda Civic car and one printer.
