Hauwa Muhammed,widow of the suspected suicide bomber who attacked ThisDay Newspaper office in Abuja last month was among those arrested in a raid on a Boko Haram enclave in Jos yesterday.
The raid on the hideout and its subsequent demolition led to the discovery of 1000 assorted ammunition and ten bags of fertilizer suspected to be part of the materials used by the sect members to make explosives.
The raid and demolition was carried out by the Special Task Force (STF) on the Jos crises in conjunction with the Borno State Joint Task Force.
Speaking to reporters before she was taken into custody.
Hauwa said: “My name is Hauwa Muhammed. I am from Damaturu, I came to Jos a few weeks ago. I was brought by my late husband, but three days ago I was told my husband had died in an accident.
“Another man promised to take care of me in Jos here.”
Military sources said Hauwa’s husband was the suicide bomber in the attack on ThisDay’s office, Abuja.
A few hours after the operation, Vice President Namadi Sambo told the sect members to grab the opportunity for dialogue offered them by the Federal Government.