It was gathered that the man identified as Ibrahim Ibrahim was arrested in Dala LGA of Kano during a raid by the Joint Task Force Thursday.
Daily Trust gathered that the females were being trained to carry out suicide bombings when the JTF raided their training ground and arrested them and their trainer.
A security source told our correspondent that the plan of the insurgents was to continue using the female suicide bombers to unleash terror on people of the state. The source added that when interrogated, the suspect disclosed that he brought the bombers from Sambisa forest in Borno State.
The just concluded Sallah celebration was marred in the state as female suicide bombers struck at five different locations. About 30 persons lost their lives to the female suicide bombers who were believed to be less than 20 years old.
He is still being held and interrogated by the JTF and he is cooperating with the force by divulging vital information about their new strategy of using teenage girls for suicide bombings. I dont know the exact number of the girls because one of my colleagues who participated in the operation said 13 while the other one said 16, he said.
A top security source confirmed the arrest but added, You know we have carried out many recent successful operations recent. I will not like to say much on this latest operation.
Spokesperson of the JTF in Kano, Captain Ikechukwu Eze, confirmed an operation in Dala local government area.
There was an operation in Dala where one Ibrahim Ibrahim was arrested alongside some persons. Investigation is still on, he said in a phone interview.
| SOURCE:TheTrent Online
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