Nyanya bombing: Wanted suspect, Aminu Sadiq arrested in Sudan
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Nigeria Government Wednesday announced that the wanted terror fugitive behind the Nyanya bombing, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche has been arrested. Ogwuche according to Mike Omeri, Coordinator of the National Briefing Centre on Security was arrested in Sudan following an international red alert issued for his search and arrest by the National Bureau of Interpol at Force Headquarters, Abuja. The suspect, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche was declared wanted by the Department of State Security after linking him to the deadly blast in Nyanya which claimed over 74 lives. Omeri who is also the Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA) noted that the security operatives are already working to ensure his extradition back to Nigeria from where he was arrested. “Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche who was earlier declared wanted has been arrested in Sudan with the efforts of the Army, DSS, the National Bureau of the Interpol based at the Nigerian Police Force Headquarters and security operatives of Sudan. “The efforts of the interpol, Nigerian Police and the Department of State Security Service has led to his arrest,” he said and promise that further information on him and the second suspect will be communicated to the public as they are coming in. Omeri also noted that international operation had commenced in collaboration with the Nigerian military to rescue the abducted girls alive.
