Bomb Shell! An Akwa Ibom MAN carried out the attack on Christians at BUK

Augustine Effiong, 25, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, who is popularly known as Abubakar Garba said on Monday that he helped carry out deadly attacks on April 29 at church services in the old campus of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) and admitted belonging to the extremist group, Boko Haram in his confession to police.

Name: Augustine Effiong (25).
State of Origin: Akwa Ibom State (Parents are from same state.
Place of Birth: Maiduguri, Borno State.
Address: Bulunkutu Abuja Quarters in Maiduguri.
Religion: Islam. Changed parents given Name to reflect his Faith.
Spoken Language(s): Kanuri, Hausa and English.
Other City of Residence: Lived in Maiduguri all His life. Relocated to Kano in April, 2012.
Job in Kano: Part of a 20-man killer squad, charged with targeting security officers in Kano.
Case: (1): Attack on Worshippers at BUK, including Killing 2 Professors.
Case: (2): Involved in Other Terror attacked that killed Civilians and Security officers in Maiduguri and Kano.
Case: (3): Attempt Murder at Danlasan Village in Warawa LGA of Kano state.
Present Location: Custody of the State Security service (SSS), Abuja.

The State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris who disclosed this in a press statement made available to reporters said that, Mr Effiong had confessed to be one of those behind the attack on Christian worshipers at BUK.

Mr Effiong, though an indigene of Akwa Ibom was born and brought up at Maiduguri before he later converted to Islam. The police said, “he has been transferred to Abuja for discreet investigations”.

The command said Mr Effiong was arrested over an attempt to murder a civilian at Danlasan Village in Warawa Local Government Area of Kano state.

During the preliminary investigation, the suspect, a resident of Bulunkutu Abuja Quarters in Maiduguri confessed to have relocated to the Kano state last April.

“He confessed to have participated in a series of attacks, killing of policemen and military personnel in the state (Kano), including the recent attack and killings in Bayero University Kano (BUK),” the police said.

Attackers with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at BUK last month and killed about 20 people including two professors as worshippers tried to flee.

“I was involved in the attack at BUK,” he told reporters in Hausa.

He further confessed to being part of a “20-man killer squad” charged with targeting the security services around Kano.

Boko Haram has repeatedly targeted the security services in Kano and has claimed attacks that have killed more than 1,000 people since mid-2009.

“I killed many people, including five soldiers at checkpoints,” in Kano, Mr Effiong said.

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The question remains:

- Who are the sponsors of the deadly Boko Haram
- were the bombers payed?
- and what should be done to any arrested Bomber? Jungle Justice? Court? or which other way can you prescribe?