According to reports, he was arrested while attempting to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at a crowded fuel station in Maiduguri.
The member of the Boko Haram Islamist sect was arrested on Tuesday, December 1, trying to blow up a gas station where hundreds of people were waiting to buy fuel.
Garba Hussaini, a pump attendant, said: “Today, we are very lucky because there are over 500 people with hundreds of cars waiting for fuel when the sect member approach the crowd with 5 litres gallon, pretending to have come to buy fuel.”
Hussaini narrated that when one of the boys controlling the crowd tried to stop the suspect from entering with the gallon, he got angry and remove a knife, attempting to stab the boy.
“In the process, a member of the Civilian JTF noticed that, bomb was tied round him and he quickly grabbed him before he made any attempt to detonate it,” he said.
Eyewitnesses told Bloom Gist that they saw the CJTF apprehend somebody,however, some only found out much later that the person who was grabbed was a member of the vicious group.
Another person confirmed to Bloom Gist that immediately the man came, they started suspecting him, then he went back and brought a gallon.
While speaking to Bloom Gist, a local, Mohammed Umar, said “A lot of people were trying to bribe their way in to have the fuel and the crowd was concentrated around the pumps.
The member of the Boko Haram Islamist sect was arrested on Tuesday, December 1, trying to blow up a gas station where hundreds of people were waiting to buy fuel.
Garba Hussaini, a pump attendant, said: “Today, we are very lucky because there are over 500 people with hundreds of cars waiting for fuel when the sect member approach the crowd with 5 litres gallon, pretending to have come to buy fuel.”
Hussaini narrated that when one of the boys controlling the crowd tried to stop the suspect from entering with the gallon, he got angry and remove a knife, attempting to stab the boy.
“In the process, a member of the Civilian JTF noticed that, bomb was tied round him and he quickly grabbed him before he made any attempt to detonate it,” he said.
Eyewitnesses told Bloom Gist that they saw the CJTF apprehend somebody,however, some only found out much later that the person who was grabbed was a member of the vicious group.
Another person confirmed to Bloom Gist that immediately the man came, they started suspecting him, then he went back and brought a gallon.
While speaking to Bloom Gist, a local, Mohammed Umar, said “A lot of people were trying to bribe their way in to have the fuel and the crowd was concentrated around the pumps.
"This man just pushed one of the boys controlling the crowd from outside and was going in when the boy held his hand, trying to stop him, and the man drew a dagger. We suddenly saw one of the JTFs grabbed the man from behind.”
