A rescue team carrying a victim killed during a shooting incident in an uncompleted building in Apo Zone E, Abuja....on Friday.
There was confusion in Abuja on Friday as operatives of the State Security Service raided a building in Apo Quarters, killing eight people.
Though the SSS claimed that those killed were members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, eyewitnesses and survivors denied the security agents’ claim.
Survivors alleged that the attack was masterminded by the owner of the of the building that was raided, who they said had strong connections in government, adding that it was done to force them out of the premises.
Earlier, the Deputy Director, SSS, Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar, had in a statement claimed that the victims were gunmen who engaged the SSS operatives in a gun battle.
The SSS spokeswoman said the security operatives were attacked by the sympathisers of the sect when they went to a building on Soji Aderemi Close, off Bamanga Tukur Street, Apo Quarters, to exhume weapons buried in an uncompleted building by people suspected to be members of the Islamic sect.
She further stated that the attack was sequel to information obtained from two Boko Haram elements, Kamal Abdullahi and Mohammed Adamu, who had earlier been arrested for terrorist activities. She added that the suspects led the security team to two uncompleted buildings where arms were purportedly buried.
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