Busted: How 13 Nigerians trying to join ISIS were arrested in Kano
– 13 Nigerians arrested with fake travelling passports
– Governor Ganduje commends police for a job well done
Thirteen Nigerians believed to be on their way to Libya to join the militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been arrested by the police in Kano state.
ISIS militans have been fighting to create an Islamic caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq
The Sun reports that Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state who spoke on the arrest of the suspected ISIS sympathizers during a police-organised press conference at Bompai police headquarters, commended the police for a job well done and tasked them to continue on the same note of effective policing of the state.
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The governor described the suspects as a threat to their country of destination and a threats to neighbouring countries like Libya, including Nigeria.
Likewise, disclosing details of the arrest of the suspects, Kano state commissioner of police, Alhaji Muhmmad Musa Katsina said the 13 Nigerians were arrested in possession of fake travelling passports to Libya.
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He expressed fear that they had the potential of joining a terrorist group once they get into Libya.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Nobel prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that the lust for power drove certain politicians in Nigeria to support the activities of the Boko Haram sect.
In an interview on television network, Channel 4, Soyinka said that these set of politicians were ready to sacrifice anything in their pursuit for power. According to him, the terrorist group has turned against the forces that supported its emergence.
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