Punch. The State Security Service has arrested a graduate of English Literature from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Yasir Ibrahim Salihu and six other Boko Haram members who assassinated a popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Adam Albani, his wife and son on February 1, 2014 at Gwagwaje area of Zaria. The cleric was murdered while returning from a preaching session at Markaz Centre, Tudun Wada, Zaria, Kaduna State, on account of his anti-Boko Haram sermons and for allegedly threatening to expose the sect’s members to security agencies. Other sect members that were arrested include, Yakub Abdullahi (aka Alhaji Bala or Alhaji Kano Yakub Bulunkutu), Ibrahim Shuaibu (aka Kawal Abu Amar), Bilyamin Usman, Sahabi Ismail, Umar Farouk, Yasir and Musa Abubakar. A member of the sect, Kabiru was killed while attempting to snatch the weapon off a security operative in the course of his arrest. The SSS Deputy Director, Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar who paraded the suspects on Monday in Abuja, explained that Albani was killed for his pro-western posture and his preaching which were contrary to the Boko Haram ideology. According to her, the hatred for Albani culminated in a meeting by members of the sect under the leadership of Abdullahi at Hayin Danmani in Rigasa area of Kaduna State, where Boko Haram’s decision-making organ, the Shura council, ordered the killing of the Islamic cleric.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:50:49 +0000
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