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A notorious terrorist, who has led serial attacks on
security personnel, Mallam Husaini has met his waterloo in
an encounter between his group and a military convoy along
Jos – Bauchi highway.
Husaini, who leads a cell of the terrorists billed to operate
in the Plateau, is known to have led an attack on
Headquarters, Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad in
Abuja, in November 2012. He is also known to have
coordinated the daring attack on a convoy conveying troops
billed for a foreign peace keeping operation as they travelled
from Lokoja to Kaduna in January, 2013. The attack left 2
soldiers dead.
The terrorists’ gang met their end when they attacked a
military convoy while on an operational patrol between Jos
and Bauchi. At the end of the encounter, the Ford bus
used by the terrorists was captured, 8 primed Improvised
Explosive Devices, rifles, pistols and about 70 rounds of
ammunition.
In a related development, security personnel at
Malamfatori in Borno State, while pursuing a band of
terrorists, who attacked a police station there, recovered
the vehicles stolen by the gang as it was abandoned while
they fled into Niger Republic.
Other items which included uniforms of security
organisations as well as protective gears, boots and other
goods which they had stolen from various locations towards
Nigeria – Niger border, were also recovered by troops.
Report via Defence Official Blog
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