The Nigeria Union of Teachers said 37 teachers perished in the Tuesday’s explosion while many others, who sustained grievous injuries in the bombing, were in critical conditions in various health centres in the state.
The Military confirmed in a tweet on its official twitter handle on Wednesday that the mastermind of the Jos and Zaria attacks had been arrested by a combined team of troops and operatives of the DSS at a military checkpoint in Gombe State.
“Following an operation by a combined team of military and DSS operatives, troops have arrested a mastermind of the Jos and Zaria bombings at a checkpoint in Gombe.” the tweet read.
Two other suspected members of the sect were also said to have been arrested alongside the mastermind.A security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the troops shot one of the two suspects in the company of the suspected planner of the bomb explosions when he attempted to escape.
The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, confirmed the arrest of the suspected mastermind of the bombings.
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