The Nigerian Army has apprehended a suspected insurgent in cognation with the twin bomb blast that rocked Kaduna on Wednesday.
The twin-bomb attacks which resulted in the deaths of over 100 innocent citizens, targeted a former military Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari and a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik Dahiru Bauchi.
A verbal expression relinquished on the official website of the Nigerian military, defenceinfo.mil.ng, verbalized that a military patrol team apprehended the man who was dissimulated as a woman immediately after the blast took place in the area. It was further revealed that the adolescent man was apprehended while endeavoring to fizzle into a crowd of onlookers.
The verbalization integrated that the suspected bomber was obviated from being lynched by an exasperated mob by the troops who took him away in an armoured personnel carrier.
“Troops are holding a man suspected to be connected with the explosion targeted at General Buhari on Wednesday.
“The puerile man, who was apprehended by a military patrol team that swooped on the area immediately after the explosion, had dissimulated as a woman clad in female garb to exude feminity with a brazier affixed to his chest.
“The suspect was apprehended while endeavoring to fizzle into a crowd of onlookers when the patrol team arrived the scene.
Youths in the area endeavored to mob him while he was being apprehended but were restrained by troops who expeditiously whisked him away in an armoured personnel carrier.
“He is currently being interrogated by security agencies in a bid to ascertain his links,” the verbal expression read
Meanwhile, the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria has condemned the assailments, verbalizing it was orchestrated to cause unrest in the country.
The group described the blasts as “assassination attempts” on Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi and Buhari.
In a verbal expression issued on Thursday and signed by its President, Shehu Sani, the group verbalized that the incidents had “once again demonstrated the extirpating hazard faced by the Nigerian state.”
According to the verbal expression, the assailments, if prosperous, could have led to a civil unrest, which is what the assailers wanted.
The verbalization verbally expressed, “The perpetual insurgency and the overall security situation in the country should be a matter of concern to all. With the assailment on these two prominent Nigerians, it is pellucid now that we are in a situation where everyone is vulnerably susceptible.”
