FEDERAL Government, yesterday,
revealed that the terror fugitive behind the Nyanya bombing, Aminu Sadiq
Ogwuche who was declared wanted by the Nigerian Police Force has been arrested.
Ogwuche was arrested in Sudan
following an international red alert issued for his search and arrest by the
National Bureau of Interpol based at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, in
Abuja.
The Coordinator of the national
briefing centre on security, Mr. Mike Omeri, confirmed his arrest during a
briefing in Abuja.
The suspect, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche was
declared wanted by the Department of State Security after linking him to the
deadly blast in Nyanya which claimed over 74 lives.
The discovery of the escape of the
suspect, while five others were arrested prompted the DSS to declare him wanted
alongside one other suspect.
Omeri who is also the Director
General of National Orientation Agency (NOA) noted that the security operatives
are already working to ensure his extradition to Nigeria from where he was
arrested.
According to Omeri, “Aminu Sadiq
Ogwuche who was earlier declared wanted has been arrested in Sudan with the efforts
of the Army, DSS, the National Bureau of the Interpol based at the Nigerian
Police Force Headquarters and security operatives of Sudan.
“The efforts of the interpol,
Nigerian Police and the Department of State Security Service has led to his
arrest,” Omeri said.
He promised that further information
on him and the second suspect will be communicated to the public as they are
coming in.
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