The Department of State Services, DSS, has said that one of the alleged masterminds of the Nyanya bomb blast, Rufai Tsiga (alias Dr. Tsiga), is still on the run one year after the bombing that claimed the lives of more than 75 people.
This was disclosed by the Deputy Director, Information of the DSS, Marylyn Ogar, at a press briefing organised by the National Information Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, adding that the case of the second suspect, Aminu Sadik Ogwuche, remained in the court.
She said: “Tsiga is still a wanted man. We still have to keep refreshing the memory of Nigerians. He is still a wanted person. If he has been arrested, we would have shown him to the public. As for the other case, it is still in court.”
The Interpol had issued a red alert on Tsiga and Ogwuche after the bomb blast that rocked a bus station in Nyanya, on the outskirts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Apart from the red alert, a bounty of N25m was also placed on the head of Tsiga, who hails from Angwa Nas, Gida Maimai, in Tsiga town of Katsina State.
DSS had implicated Tsiga, who was said to run a ‘clinic’ (drug shop), a façade that was alleged to be used by the suspected terrorists to plot their strategy.
Though the red alert issued by Interpol was instrumental to the arrest and repatriation of Ogwuche from Sudan, Tsiga has remained elusive.
Also speaking at the press briefing, the Director General of the National Orientation Agency and coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, said the Federal Government remained committed to finding the more than 200 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, on the same day that the Nyanya bomb blast occurred.
He said: “On April 14, 2014, the nation woke up to the tragic incident of the first Nyanya bombing and the abduction of over 200 students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, by the Boko Haram terrorists.
“Yesterday (Tuesday) marked one year of the horrific occurrences which were a tragedy and an experience that every Nigerian painfully shares alongside the immediate families of the victims, the people of Chibok and the international community.
“The Federal Government remains resolute in finding and returning them to their homes where they rightly belong. Consequently, we will continue to exert all efforts in ensuring their safe return.”
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