Operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of the United States of America (USA) who are in the country to work with operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) have unraveled some operational details which aided the Boko Haram bombing ofPolice Headquarters, Abuja and some other recent blasts across states of the North.
This is coming as it wasalso learnt that after the return of the first set of suicide bombers, the last batch of the 800 trainees have also returned to Nigeria ahead of the end of themonth activities to mark the anniversary ofthe death of the sect’s leader, Mohammed Yusuf.
Sources in government confirmed to Sunday Tribune that one of the trainees of the sect who recently returned from a three-month course in Sudan and Somalia carried out the suicide attack on the Force Headquarters in Abuja on June 16.
The suicide bomber was one of the 100 trainees who returned to the country ahead ofthe July 31 anniversary of the killing of Yusuf.
It was confirmed that the Police Headquarter bomber was among theoperatives who escaped SSS ambush ontheir return to Nigeria. Some of the 100 were said to have been intercepted on their return to the country.
It was confirmed that independent assessment of the bomb scene at the Force Headquarters by ateam of FBI agents and the SSS led to the discovery of body parts that later confirmed theidentity of the suicide bomber and that of the police traffic warden who also died in the attack.
“The DNA on the two has confirmed the identity of the suicide bomber and the traffic officer, a source said, adding that the police should not shy away from the fact that some Nigerian extremists have actually received training in suicide attacks from Somalia and Sudan.
“The Police Headquarterbombing was carried out by one of the first batch of suicide bombers trained in Somalia, but the force wanted to reduce tension and fear when it declared that the suspect might not be a suicide bomber,” another source said.
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