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| Dr. Muhammed Nazeef Yunus |
A university lecturer, Dr. Muhammad Nazeef Yunus, who allegedly acts
as Recruitment Co-ordinator of the Boko Haram sect and four other
members have been arrested, as they were plotting to launch violent
attacks in Igalaland, Kogi State.
Parading the five suspected members of the terror group in Abuja, the
DSS said the Spiritual Leader and Recruitment Coordinator of the sect,
Dr Muhammad Nazeef Yunus, was until his arrest, an assistant lecturer in
the Department of Islamic Studies, Kogi State University, Ayingba in
Kogi State.
The DSS said the Yunus taught Arabic and Islamic Studies at the university.
Other alleged members of the sect paraded were Umar Musa, Head of
Operations/Instructor; Munzir Mustapha Yusuf, a.k.a Habib,
Armourer/Chief courier; Ismail Abdulazeez, foot soldier and Ibrahim Isa,
a.k.a ‘One in town’ another foot soldier.
The Deputy Director, Public Relations, Department of State Service,
Marilyn Ogar, who paraded the suspected Boko Haram members said their
plot was botched when two members of the sect who were on their way to
Borno State for training in weapons handling were arrested at Zuba, on
the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
According to Ogar, “the determination of security forces to rid
Nigeria of all acts of terror has continued to yield favourable results
as this Service uncovered a Boko Haram cell in Kogi State.
All the paraded suspects, except the varsity lecturer, explained to
the media the level of their involvement in the Boko Haram insurgency
and the plan to attack Igala.
Dr. Yunus, however, feigned ignorance of the planned attacks, insisting that his involvement was a frame-up.
“My Islamic preaching had always been against the activities of the
Boko Haram sects, but I was shocked when the other suspects insisted
that I was a member and the one that recruited them into the sect. I
have never been a member of Boko Haram for one minute in my life, I even
preach against them,” he said.
One of the suspects, Mustapha Yusuf who was allegedly trained at
Sambisa camp in Maiduguri, Borno State said “the university lecturer
appointed me as the armourer and chief courier of the group and handed
two AK-47 rifles with 30 rounds of live ammunition to me for safe
keeping after I returned to Kogi State shortly after military invasion
of our camp in Borno State”.
The other two foot soldiers also confessed that Dr. Yunus
indoctrinated them into the Boko Haram sect by preaching to them when
they approached him to help them secure admission into the Kogi State
University, Ayingba.
In her briefing, the DSS spokeswoman enjoined all Nigerians to be
vigilant. “We want to enjoin all Nigerians to be vigilant and continue
to cooperate with security agencies through the provision of useful
information of suspicious activities within their immediate environment.
“The war on terror is still on. This Service in collaboration with
other security agencies will not rest on their oars until we rid our
society of all criminality. We must all remember that we are not
terrorists, we are Nigerians.”
Ogar also urged parents who send their children for Islamic teaching
after school, to be very careful of the people they choose as their
teachers.
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