Adamawa Police have arrested four suspected members of the Boko Haram group allegedly plotting to attack the residence of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Yola, the state capital.
Gatekeepers News reports that the police spokesperson in Adamawa, Yahaya Suleiman, confirmed the development on Monday.
Abubakar’s media office while providing the details of the arrest in a statement, said the prime suspect identified as Jubrila Mohammed, was apprehended while attempting to identify the home of the former vice president in Yola, on Sunday.
The media office said other suspects were apprehended after the main suspect named them as his collaborators following an interrogation by the police.
The statement read, “We wish to alert the Nigerian public that at about 9:44 pm on Sunday, 23 July 2023 a man seeking to confirm the residence of his excellency Atiku Abubakar in Yola was apprehended at the gate of the residence.
“Upon further interrogation by the police, the suspect identified himself as a 29-year-old Jubrila Mohammed and confessed to being a Boko Haram member from Damboa in Borno state.
“The suspect also informed the police that he and his colleagues, who were later arrested too, intended to attack organisations associated with Atiku Abubakar and some other sensitive locations in Yola. All four suspects have been handed over to military authorities.”
The police spokesperson confirmed to that the suspects have been handed over to 23 army brigade for investigations.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the planned attack on Abubakar’s residence was orchestrated by “forces who are unsettled by his (Abubakar’s) bid to retrieve his mandate at the presidential election petition tribunal.”
The opposition party said in a statement, “Our party believes that the intent of the sponsors of this evil plot is to silence our presidential candidate, massacre innocent Nigerians and cause chaos, confusion and anarchy in the polity.”
PDP asked security agencies to “commence an investigation to fish out those behind this evil plot.”
