KADUNA (AFP) – Troops have
recovered explosives and bomb-
making items from a Boko Haram
base in restive Zaria and
arrested a suspect, the military
said Friday. “During the operation, a two-
bedroom bungalow of bomb-
making factory was discovered
in which Improvised Explosive
Devices in stage one state of
readiness and several IED-making components were recovered,”
the military said in a statement. It said bomb-making items found
in the building at the Jushin Ciki
neighbourhood in Zaria on
Thursday included 17 sensor
mechanical timers (remote
contro), 11 primed suicide bombers vest, 36 primed IEDs in
cans and one military kitbag. Others were a hammer,
cellotapes and gums, two gallons
of paint containing prepared
IEDs, two gallons of turkey oil
brand with prepared IEDs, seven
rolls of wires of various lengths, one bag containing several
sensors and 25 volt batteries, it
said. The military said they arrested a
suspect and destroyed the
building. “A sixty-year-old man Umaru
Mohammed was arrested within
the premises and in line with
resolve to deter terrorists, the
building housing the factory was
demolished,” it added. Kaduna state where Zaria is
located, has been hit by
numerous attacks blamed on
Boko Haram in recent months,
prompting frequent military
crackdown on hideouts of of extremist group. Violence linked to the Boko
Haram insurgency in northern
and central Nigeria is believed to
have left some 3,000 people dead
since 2009, including killings by
the security forces.
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