Police Arrest Bomb Manufacturer In Taraba

A suspected nuclear manufacturer In Taraba State was on Wednesday arrested at Tella township of Gassol local council, police authority says.

WikkiTimes gathered that the suspect whose identity still remain sketchy at press time was nabbed with different devices for manufacturing bombs.

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Usman Abdullahi, the Taraba State police spokesman, revealed that the suspect who hailed from Zamfara State was being held at the command headquarters in Jalingo.

He, however, kept further information about the suspect undisclosed. 

Recently, the state recorded a series of bomb attacks on different localities. In May, an explosion rocked the headquarters of Six Brigade Nigeria Army located in the Nukkai area of Jalingo.

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This came a few weeks after an explosion killed at least three persons and injured several at a remote bar in the state. Subsequently, fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed responsibility for the attacks.Aloso in April, there was a similar incident at a bar in Iware Community of Ardo Kola Local Government of the state, killing and injuring scores.  

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