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...For a better society... Thursday, September 30 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Opinion Politics Sports Features Health Woman Foreign News Columnists Business Money/Market InfoTel Brands/Promotions Trade/Commerce View from America Police arrest Taliban leader MALACHY UZENDU, Abuja POLICE high command, yesterday, announced arrest of former student of University of Maiduguri, Abubakar Aliyu Abubakar, said to be leader of a Taliban gang which unleashed terror in parts of Borno State recently. The self-styled Talibans had in their latest offensive on Monday, September 20 launched an attack on Bama and Gwoza communities, killing five people. The group had struck in March at several locations in Yobe State claiming to be fighting for religious causes as well as to be drawing inspiration from Afghanistan’s Islamic Taliban militia. Police battled the group for three days before the March offensive could be contained. On the heels of the September 20 attack in two Borno State communities, the authorities deployed a joint police-military crack team which reportedly killed 27 of the Talibans and forced the rest to flee deep into the mountains. A statement yesterday by Deputy Commissioner of Police and police spokesman, Mr. Chris Olakpe, said the suspect, claimed to be the son of one-time secretary to the government of Borno State between 1987 and 1990, Alhaji Madufu Karfi. Olakpe further disclosed that the suspect had named one Mohammed Ali as the Taliban gang leader. He said the alleged gang leader, Ali, "recruited and trained them after he (Ali) had been trained as a Sharia law enforcer." The police spokesman stressed that Abubarkar not only confessed to be a prominent leader of the Talibans, but also confessed that his group, on Monday, September 20, 2004 "attacked Bama Police Station in Borno State killing the Area Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP) Tajuro Ismaila and Mallam Modu Chelube, a member of a vigilante group. Olakpe further stated that the group also attacked Gwoza police station, where one Sergeant James Kwaffa and woman police constable, Mary Hassan were killed. The hoodlums, he said, also burnt four police vehicles and made away with several arms and ammunition. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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