
A special joint task force of security operatives, comprising men of
the State Security Services (SSS) the Police and the Armed Forces,
codenamed, “Operation Restore Sanity” on Monday, unraveled the mystery
of Boko Haram operations in Mubi, Adamawa State, as no fewer than 158
persons have been arrested with sophisticated weapons . Security agent s
also discovered a factory alleged to be manufacturing ammunition, guns
and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), daggers, bows and arrows, AK 47
rifles, gun smokers and dane guns and were recovered by Operation
Restore Sanity.
The factory, located at the Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate, in Yelwa
Ward, Mubi was discovered, while the security operatives embarked on
house-to-house search for culprits and suspects of the Boko Haram
Islamist sect, following a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Mubi
Metropolis and its environs.
The Brigade Commander, of the 23rd Armoured Brigade, Brigadier-
General, John Nwoaga, who conducted newsmen to the housing estate told
journalists that the 158 suspects were arrested during the search and
some of them were apparently responsible for the vandalization of
Airtel, MTN, and Globacom network masts in the metropolis. According to
him, the operation is ongoing and it is a sweeping exercise, as more
suspects would be arrested, while innocent folks would be released to
their families. General Nwoaga, also told journalists at the Army Base
in Mubi, where the suspects are detained that six females and five
children were among the 158 suspects already detained by the Operation
Restore Sanity.
He said that the safety of the law abiding citizens in the area was
important to the security agencies and enjoined royal fathers in the
state to cooperate with the Operation Restore Sanity agents assignment
as security agents were poised to fish out the culprits of security
breaches in Mubi and the entire state. General Nwoaga charged the royal
fathers not to show lukewarm attitude to the assignment, as useful
information were required from them as people closest to their
respective communities and should give useful information to them for
the success of the operation.
The intelligence reports from the Royal Fathers, will go a long way
to successful arrest of the suspects who will be interrogated, and those
found to be innocent would be let free. Meanwhile, the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN), has commiserated with the families of
victims of Sunday’s bomb blast in Bauchi, Bauchi State.
CAN in a statement signed by special Assistant to the association’s
President, Mr. Kenny Ashaka in Abuja, said it received with shock, the
bomb explosion at the St. John’s Catholic Cathedral in Bauchi which
killed four people when an explosives-packed car reportedly rammed into
the line of worshippers waiting to be screened before entering the
church. “According to reports, the suicide bomber died while no fewer
than 48 worshippers sustained various degrees of injuries. “CAN
commiserates with the families of victims of the bomb explosion, the
leadership of the Church in Bauchi State and the Catholic Secretariat of
Nigeria (CSN) over this dastardly act. “It prays that the Almighty God
will continue to defend His Church, people and multiply the lots of
Christianity in Nigeria.
“CAN notes that the re-launching of violence against christians and
their churches at a time when many Nigerians felt such insurgency had
ebbed is instructive,” the statement made available to Daily Sun in
Abuja by the Special Assistant to the CAN President on Media, Mr. Kenny
Ashaka, said. The statement further read: “Coming on the heels of last
week’s attack in Bauchi where some gunmen killed nine christians and
injured five, CAN condemns these deadly attacks. “We blame these attacks
targeted at christians in Bauchi, on the shadowy aloofness of the state
government which has failed to take precautionary measures and
compliment the efforts of Christians in the state.”
“As it is, the state government seems to be unfazed by the calamities
happening to christians. It is sad that after several attacks on
christians in the state, we are still unable to put our fingers on the
government’s ability to secure the lives, property of christians and
their churches. “While CAN believes that christians and well-meaning
Muslims should continue to work together for the attainment of peace in
the land, it is convinced that muslim leaders in the north can end this
orgy of violence and blood-letting by fishing out elements in their
midst whose intention is to give their religion a bad name.
“From what we see, these planned attacks on christians, churches,
Islamic clerics and traditional rulers who are not in support of their
nefarious activities, government institutions and properties of
privately-run business concerns, the economy of the region may be
plundered beyond redemption,” CAN noted.
source: sunnewsonline.com