UN HOUSE BLAST: SSS places N25m reward on Mamman Nur

TO get to the bottom of the August 26, 2011 Boko Haram suicide attack on the United Nations, UN, House in Abuja, which claimed 23 lives and maimed 150 others in Abuja, the State Security Service, SSS, has announced a N25 million reward for anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the mastermind, Mamman Nur.
SSS Spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar, in a statement yesterday pleaded with the public to contact the nearest Police Station, Military formation or any other security agency with information on Nur.
This is as a splinter group of the Jamaatu Ahlil Sunna Lidawati wal Jihad (Boko-Haram) denied killing their ex-leader’s brother in-law, Alhaji Babakura Fugu, in Maiduguri, few hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited the family last Saturday. Mourning Fugu, the factional sect described Fugu’s death as painful and unfortunate, and warned media houses of stiffer action should they continue to misrepresent the group.
Meanwhile, Obasanjo and former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, have sued for peace to end the prevailing orgy of killings in the country as Borno elders and Catholic bishops differed on the necessity of President Goodluck Jonathan dialoguing with Boko Haram leaders.

Declared wanted: Mamman Nur

And to stem Boko Haram’s fresh threats to attack embassies and foreign missions in Lagos, the Police high command, weekend ordered deployment of more personnel from anti-bomb and anti-terrorism units to fortify existing security around the embassies.
Relatedly, the Plateau State Government has decried the wave of killings in the state despite the strong presence of security personnel, lamenting that over N43bn worth of property was lost in the 2008 crisis alone. And, in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) it has started compiling names of victims of the crises and those of their families with a view to assisting them.

Source:  Vanguard Newspaper