Troops arrest ISWAP suspects posing as tailors in Plateau
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have arrested two suspected members of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) posing as tailors in Plateau State, as part of a series of coordinated operations between April 11 and 12.
The operations also led to the recovery of firearms and the neutralisation of a suspected bandit.
In a statement issued Saturday in Jos, OPSH spokesperson Major Samson Zakhom said the two suspects—Abdulkadir Dalhatu and Ubaidu Hassan, both 25 years old—were apprehended during an intelligence-led joint operation at Yelwa in Shendam Local Government Area.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that the suspects were part of an ISWAP cell tasked with establishing bases in Plateau and Bauchi states under the directive of an ISWAP commander,” Zakhom disclosed. “They had been using the guise of tailoring to further the group’s agenda in the area.”
The suspects are currently in custody and are undergoing further interrogation. They will be prosecuted according to Nigerian law, Zakhom added
