A Boko Haram member accused of masterminding last April's bombing of the offices of THISDAY, The Moment and The Sun in Kaduna will be arraigned Firday before a Federal High Court in Abuja.Click on read more below to continue...
According to security sources, the suspect, Mustapha Umar, will be arraigned on a one-count charge for a terrorist-related act.
He was alleged to have driven a white Honda Academy car with registration number AL 306 MKA, laden with improvised explosives devices into the premises of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna and detonated same.
Over 10 persons were reportedly injured as a result of the attack.
Umar’s planned arraignment is coming about two weeks after security agents arrested a Boko Haram terrorist and Shura member, Mohammed Zangina, aka Mallam Abdullahi/Alhaji Musa, who was believed to have coordinated the bombing of THISDAY’s Abuja and Kaduna offices.
Zangina was arrested on January 13 at the Government Reserved Area (GRA) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
A statement by the Joint Task Force (JTF) spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, detailing how Zangina was arrested, said he was nabbed while trying to “plan several deadly attacks against civilians and security personnel any moment from today (January 13)”.
Although the JTF did not tie Zangina to the bombings of the Abuja and Kaduna offices of the media organisations, sources in the intelligence community said he masterminded the suicide bomb attacks on THISDAY office in Abuja, which left two dead (including the suicide bomber) and several injured.
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