The State Security Service yesterday insisted that the suspect in its custody is the spokesman of Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa, contrary to the claim of the sect. The service has also launched a fresh manhunt for more top leaders of the sect.
The SSS made its position known in confidence through one of its highly-placed officers against the backdrop of the controversy trailing the arrest of the spokesman.
It explained that it suspected that Boko Haram might have ‘arranged’ another Abu Qaqa to disprove its breakthrough.
The source said: “We are a security agency. We are doing our work; we don’t play politics.
“Decisions on dialogue are taken at the political level. In any case, why would someone who they claimed came for dialogue contacts hide under the bed?
“Again, we don’t want to be drawn into argument with any group. The person we have been trailing for months and we now have him with us says he is Abu Qaqa. He did not say he is Abu Dardaa.”
Responding to a question, another source added: “The voice analysis of the suspect in our custody has very much semblance of the spokesman of Boko Haram. And during interrogation, the man admitted that he is Abu Qaqa.
“The voice of ‘emergency Abu Qaqa’, who spoke on the phone with newsmen on Thursday in Maiduguri was different from the ‘real spokesman’ of Boko Haram in our custody.
“At the end of our investigation, we will make our findings known to the public and any suspect arrested will face trial accordingly. We won’t unveil the Abu Qaqa in SSS custody yet.”
Meanwhile, the SSS has started hunting for more leaders of the dreaded sect.
The source said: “The interrogation of Abu Qaqa continued yesterday, we will keep the nation posted accordingly.
“We have so far got reasonable clues from Qaqa. But we hope that in the next one week, more revelations will come. So, the fate of the suspect is subjected to internal process of the service.”
There were indications yesterday that the Federal Government has ordered security alert nationwide because of the likely reprisals from Boko Haram members.
A security source said: “More attention is being paid to flashpoints in the North-East (like Borno, Yobe, Bauchi states) and many parts of the North-West, especially Kano and Kaduna .
“We have been ordered to strengthen security nationwide. This applies to all security agencies and the Armed Forces.”
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