Four foreign nationals,
suspected to have hailed from Middle East, were arrested in Kano by the Joint
Task Force in the Bompai area of Kano on Wednesday.
Owner of the complex, where the weapons were
impounded, simply identified as a Lebanese national, was arrested by military
personnel.
Security sources disclosed that items recovered
from the extensive operation included 40 air-to-surface missiles, 50 cluster
bombs, 200 rocket-propel launchers, eight AK-47 rifles and 200 military hand
grenades.
The “weapons of war” were said to have been
evacuated to the headquarters of the 3rd Motorised Brigade of the Nigerian
Army, Kano, alongside the foreign nationals.
Preliminary investigation had begun while “three
countries have been indicted and the military high command is working to
ascertain the culpability.
Meanwhile, the JTF has arrested 50 terror suspects
in Borno State with the aid of special dogs, says the Director of Defence
Information, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade.
Olukolade said in a statement on Wednesday that the
terror suspects were arrested with the help of specially trained dogs while
trying to infiltrate Maiduguri.
The Defence spokesman said 15 of those arrested
were caught with arms concealed either in their bodies or their properties.
Olukolade said: “The efforts of the specially
trained dogs have so far led to the arrest of over 50 terrorists who were
trying to infiltrate Maiduguri.”
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