"FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM IS PROGRESSING"- DSS

In a more hopeful update, Boko Haram suicide bomb coordinator, other
frontline members were recently arrested by DSS
The Department of Security Service has arrested 21 alleged
commanders and front-line members of the Boko Haram terrorist
group including the group's suicide bomb attacks coordinator. A
statement signed by Mr Tony Opuiyo, DSS spokesperson, states
that the sect members were arrested in different parts of the
country from July 8th to August 25th.

"They include those allegedly responsible for the
coordination and execution of the suicide attacks in
Potiskum, Kano, Zaria and Jos who were arrested on July
8 in Gombe State. Usman Shuaibu a.k.a money, said to be
the co-ordinator of the suicide attacks, Ahmed Mohammed
also known as Abubakar, an Improvised Explosives Device
(IED) expert, who is said to have prepared the IEDs for the
attacks. Others are Adamu Abdullahi, Ibrahim Isa, who
allegedly carried out reconnaissance on targets in the Jos
attacks, and Mutaqqa Yusuf who is said to have assisted
Usman Shuaibu in planning and executing the attacks.
Shaibu and his group were intercepted on their way to
Bauchi State, where they had planned to execute another
bomb attack".

According to the DSS, another 12 suspects are said to have been arrested in Lagos State,
while three were apprehended in Enugu, Gombe and Kano States.