Kano State Police Command on Monday arrested a Muslim convert, Garba Abubakar in connection with series of terrorists’ attacks in the city.

Abubakar reportedly hailed from Akwa Ibom State.

In a statement, the command disclosed that the suspect who was born as Augustine Efiong has been transferred to Abuja for further interrogation.

The statement added that he was arrested in a failed attempt to murder a civilian, whose name the police refused to disclose at Danlasan village in Warawa local government area of the state.

According to the statement, the suspect, during interrogation confessed to have relocated from Maiduguri in Borno State to Kano in April this year and while in Maiduguri, he lived in Bulunkutu, Abuja quarters.

“I have participated in series of attacks; killing of policemen and military personnel in the state, including the recent attack and killings in Bayero University Kano,” the suspect said.

Suspected gunmen had in April attacked the old campus of BUK, killing about 30 Christian worshippers, including two professors and the university Bursar.

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