The Department of State Services said in
Abuja on Tuesday that it had arrested a student of the Federal
University of Technology, Minna, Abdussalam Yunusa, who was recruiting
for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
A statement issued by the spokesperson for the security agency, Mr. Tony Opuiyo, said that the suspect was arrested in Kano.
He said that the arrest of the suspect
was sequel to available intelligence, which he said indicated the
suspect’s terrorist antecedents and covert drive to indoctrinate and
recruit susceptible youths in the country.
The statement said, “On January 17, 2016
one Abdussalam Yunusa, a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria was arrested in Kano.
“His arrest was sequel to available
intelligence which indicated his terrorism antecedents and covert drive
to indoctrinate and recruit susceptible youths in the country.”
Before his arrest, Opuiyo said that
Yunusa had completed arrangements to embark on a journey to join an ISIS
terrorist training camp in Libya, with other Nigerians whom he
recruited for the group.
Source: PUNCH