Maiduguri -- The Borno State Police Command has discovered a bomb expert sponsored by fundamentalist Boko Haram sect for preparation in Afghanistan.
Boko Haram, which means Western Education is Sin, caused an rebellion in July that left some 700 people dead.
Abdulrasheed Abubakar, aged 23, confessed to the authorities that he was sent to the country by the sect's late leader, Mohammed Yusuf, and was promise the sum of N5.5 million upon return.
He learnt how to produce local bombs for the group's use, the police disclosed.
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Boko Haram, which means Western Education is Sin, caused an rebellion in July that left some 700 people dead.
Abdulrasheed Abubakar, aged 23, confessed to the authorities that he was sent to the country by the sect's late leader, Mohammed Yusuf, and was promise the sum of N5.5 million upon return.
He learnt how to produce local bombs for the group's use, the police disclosed.
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