The Department of State Services (DSS) has paraded five suspects, captured in connection with the 14th May bomb blast that killed 74 people and injured several others at Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja.
Speaking at a joint press briefing by the DSS, the Defence Headquarters (DHq) and the Nigeria Police, after the parade, Deputy Director of Public Relations at DSS, Marilyn Ogar, said one Rufai Abubakar Tsiga, a Boko Haram leader, currently at large was the brain behind the blast.
She said one Aminu Sadiq, a student of Arabic Language at the International University of Africa, Sudan and a native of Orokam, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State ― also at large ― acted as the second in command for the operation.
The paraded suspects are: Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, alias Abu Ibrahim/Maiturare, Muhammadu Sani Ishaq, Yau Saidu, alias Kotar Rama, Anas Isah and Adamu Yusuf.
The security agencies have declared both Tsiga and Sadiq wanted, offering a bounty of N25 million for information that may lead to their arrest.
