Armoury suspected to be that of Hezbollah organization have been uncovered by a team of joint security officers in Kano state, North West Nigeria.
Displaying the weapons to journalists, the joint Security Chiefs of the Department of State Security (DSS), Police and Nigerian Army, confirmed the arrests of four persons suspected to be the occupants of the house.
According to the security chiefs, on 28 May, a combine team of the Joint Task Force (JTF) involving operatives of the Nigeria Army, and the DSS in Kano conducted a search of the house located at No3 Gaya road off Bompai road allegedly belonging to one Abdul Hassan Taher Fadlalla-a Lebanese national who is now at large and declared wanted.
After searching the building, the security agents uncovered an underground bunker in the master’s bed room were these large quantity of assorted weapons of different type and calibre.
A raid on the residence of one of the Lebanese had uncovered eleven 60 mm anti-tank weapons, four anti-tank landmines, two rounds of ammunition for a 122 mm artillery gun, 21 rocket-propelled grenades, seventeen AK-47s with more than 11,000 bullets and dynamite.
The discoveries according to the officers confirm the existence of Hezbollah cell in Nigeria.
A statement by the military spokesperson in Kano, Captain Ikedichi Iweha on Wednesday announced that three suspects were arrested between May 16 and May 28 and they all admitted to being members of Hezbollah under questioning.
“The search team uncovered an underground bunker in the master bedroom where a large quantity of assorted weapons of different types and caliber were recovered,” Captain Iweha said. “All those arrested have confessed to have undergone Hezbollah terrorist training.”
The DSS on 16May, 2013 arrested one Mustapha Fawaz, suspected to be the co-owner of the popular Amigo supermarket as well as Wonderland Amusement Park, all in Abuja.
They also arrested one Abdullahi Tahini at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport while trying to leaves the country.
Meanwhile, the joint security chiefs confirmed that all those arrested have confessed to have undergone Hezbollah training and further implicated one Fauzi Fawad, also a co-owner of Amigo and Wonderland Amusement Park.
Hezbollah is a Shi’a Islamic militant group and political party based in Lebanon, is classified as a terrorist group by a number on western countries.