TWENTY-FIVE year old Akwa-Ibom indigene, Augustine Effiong, came forward on Monday to own-up to being a part of the terror groups responsible for the April 29 violent deaths of innocent students at Bayero University in Kano.
Effiong, allegedly known to his associates as Abubakar Garba, said he helped carry out the attack that left at least 20 people dead.
Kano State police commisioner Ibrahim Idris disclosed in a press statement on Monday that Mr. Effiong had confessed to being one of those behind the attack.
According to the commissioner, Effiong was born and brought up at Maiduguri before he later converted to Islam. He has been moved to Abuja for further investigations.
The command said Mr Effiong was arrested over an attempt to murder a civilian at Danlasan Village in Warawa Local Government Area of Kano state.
During the preliminary investigation, the suspect, a resident of Bulunkutu Abuja Quarters in Maiduguri confessed to have relocated to the Kano state last April.
“He confessed to have participated in a series of attacks, killing of policemen and military personnel in the state (Kano), including the recent attack and killings in Bayero University Kano (BUK),” the police said.
Attackers with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at BUK last month and killed about 20 people including two professors as worshippers tried to flee.
“I was involved in the attack at BUK,” he told reporters in Hausa.
He further confessed to being part of a “20-man killer squad” charged with targeting the security services around Kano.
Boko Haram has repeatedly targeted the security services in Kano and has claimed attacks that have killed more than 1,000 people since mid-2009.
“I killed many people, including five soldiers at checkpoints,” in Kano, Mr Effiong said.