Why I Refused to Carry out Assignment- Boko Haram Suicide Bomber Reveals
Category: Boko Haram News
A 19-year-old Boko Haram trained suicide bomber, Abubakar Sadiq
Umar, who attempted to blow up a divisional police headquarters in
Damaturu, Yobe State capital last Sunday, May 4, has reportedly
confessed why he refused to carry out the horrendous act.
The suicide bomber stated that his suicide mission was to go to Damaturu, find A Division and trigger off the bomb.
According
to him, he came to Damaturu together with a person who guided him as
Umar has never been in Damaturu before. The guide took him to the police
headquarters (A Division) and asked him to press the remote to trigger
off the bomb.
But, Umar didn't accomplished his mission as he was
worried that he could kill innocent people. "My worry is that why should
I kill myself and other innocent people?" he said.
Umar also
added that there were two pick-up vans for two separate suicide
missions, but he wasn't informed about the final destination of the
second van.
The investigation has revealed that the bomber was
recruited in Maiduguri four months ago and taken to the Sambisa forest
where he was trained as a terrorist.
According to a police bomb
expert from the anti-bomb squad of the state police command, Mohammed
Danladi, explosion of the explosive-laden van could have created great
havoc.
Danladi, an inspector, explained that the capacity of the
explosives revealed that it was the largest consignment ever recovered
from any terrorist since the commencement of the insurgency, adding that
it would have been devastating and affected about 500 meter radius
within the town, had the bomb exploded.
The state Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Rufai, said that Umar would be handed over to the Joint Task Force (JTF) for further interrogation.
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