But this time around, there are indications that members of the new group, might be working for the interest of Northern minority Christians.
The Kaduna Police Command stumbled on the deadly militant group, which is known as “Akhwat Akwop,” recently.
Already, 57 members of the newly discovered fundamentalist gang have been arrested.
They were nabbed during o swoop by security operatives on their illegal camp, on the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis, following a tip-off.
Almost two weeks ago, members of the group were understood to have threatened 'to rout members of the Boko Haram sect from the state.”
National Daily investigations indicated that the illegal camp of the Christian fanatics is located at Dura Yadi village, Kwoi in Jaba Local Government Area of the state.
The camp is believed to belong to an organisation known as, Advanced Homeland Security and Mountaineering Agency, which is being linked with the sect, specializes in suspected “anti-terrorism training.”
A team of heavily armed anti riot police men descended on the camp and succeeded in making the arrests.
The modus operandi of the group as revealed by security agents showed that members, mostly youths, whose ages ranged from 23 to 30, might have been recruited from Kano, Kaduna and Anambra States by the organisation upon payment of unspecified amount of money.
It was also gathered that the arrested Head of the organisation and coordinator of the training, whose name was given as, Royal James, is currently helping the police in their investigations.
Confirming the incident, the State Commissioner of Police, Ballah M. Nasarawa, said the new group was involved in an “illegal activity,
“We arrested them because they are being trained as intelligence officer by a certain organisation, Advanced Homeland Security and Mountaineering Agency. A total of 57 persons were arrested.
The organisation is illegal.
“We want to know whether they were cajoled or they went there voluntarily. If our investigation shows that they are innocent, we will not hesitate to release them and if otherwise, they will be prosecuted accordingly”.
Information reaching National Daily from the Kaduna State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said even though the organisation applied for registration as a private security company, it was yet to be registered because it had not met the requirement.
Sources at the NSCDC office said the organisation “is not registered with us and that is why we have not issued it a license to operate”.
However, it was gathered that some of the arrested youths may have spent about N30, 000 before being recruited into the organisation for suspected “counter terrorism training exercise.”
Father of one of those arrested, Alhaji Ahmed Rufai, claimed that the organisation was introduced to him by one of his friend in Kano State and that he spent about N30, 000 to enroll his 27 year old son, Abdulkarim, for the training.
“My son is one of those arrested at the camp. We paid N 2,500 to obtain the form and we were asked to take it to DPO for signing.
“When I approached the DPO of Gogoruwa police station in Kano, he did not sign it, he said he was not sure of the organisation. I then became suspicious. They are not particular about an applicant's qualification. I allowed my son to enroll because of what my friend told me,'' he said.
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