Lagos (AFP) – A man said Monday that he helped carry out deadly attacks on April 29 at a university church service and admitted belonging to Islamist group Boko Haram in his confession to police.

Police in the northern state of Kano presented Augustine Effiong to journalists Monday following his arrest on Friday for attempted murder.

According to a police statement, the 25-year-old, also known as Abubakar Garba, said he was converted to Islam by former Boko Haram chief Mohammed Yusuf, who was killed by security forces in 2009.

“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),” police said.

Attackers with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at BUK last month and killed around 20 people as worshippers tried to flee.

“I was involved in the attack at BUK,” he told reporters in Hausa, the dominant language of northern Nigeria.

He further confessed to being part of a “20-man killer squad” charged with targeting the security services around Kano, Nigeria’s second largest city and the key hub in the mainly Muslim north.

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, Effiong said.

Rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly accused Nigerian security forces of massive rights violations, including while interrogating suspects.

In February, Nigeria’s police chief Mohammed Abubakar, acknowleged that the force had previously tortured suspects, in some of the frankest ever admissions by a top police leader.

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jmaine: The cycle is complete . . .South South don join the party . . . . .but they all have one thing in common . . .

jmaine: The cycle is complete . . .South South don join the party . . . . .but they all have one thing in common . .PDP + Islam + serial brain-washing + desire for 72 virgins .

ekt_bear:

The Religion of Peace ™!

Rhino.5dm:


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So, where is buhari in all this? Infact, the picture is incomplete.

jmaine:

Just one of the "PDP vampires" caught already soaked with blood via practicing the very "peaceful religion" . . .You got the drift init

jason123: Hahah! Oga Jamine Jmaine !

Cycle don complete since, before Effiong join party!!! . . .funny stuffs!

jmaine:

Na "whitey" remain na to catch

Rhino.5dm:


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Guy, next time I go call you O'lodo o o o. Why you go dey miss the kwarrect answer like this?

Another Okija: Who come be Augustine Effiong again na?!

This peopl ejust dey find chance to implicate Igbo man for this matter.. Them don reach Akwa Ibom state now.. next thing dem go land Owerri...

jmaine:

You dey Jones wella . . .why the peaceful religion dey churn out multitudes of "Dogs and baboons soaked in blood" . .you sef dey practice am . you fit help us give us clue . . .

Rhino.5dm:


Na the wants of fresh 72 punnies . You sef no want 72 virgins?

Rhino.5dm:
Ibo man na him carry first nah. No be dem supply the bombs for madalla catholic bombing?

Alusi Okija, is like your potent is becoming weak. You need to complete that ritual rites with pounding of a day old baby. The gods seems to be angry with you

Another Okija:


You are bigger than such cheap propaganda...

If Igbo man sell the wrist watch wey them use set time for the bomb, does that make him an accomplice or sponsor of Boko Haram?!

If so lets arrest all fertilizer dealers, canned drinks sellers, dealers in prime cords and all filling station owners, attendants and even tanker drivers and importers.. Car dealers as well should be arrested afterall na moter them dey use bomb everywhere..

Nna free this rumour.. [size=18pt]The federal government is looking for a reason to implicate an igboman in the boko Haram issue[/size]..

Rhino.5dm:
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Bros, 72 virgins na blessing or na curse? Me no even fit hammer the 7 dis-virgin punnies around me wellu-well, talk more or 72 virgins

Another Okija:


You are bigger than such cheap propaganda...

If Igbo man sell the wrist watch wey them use set time for the bomb, does that make him an accomplice or sponsor of Boko Haram?!

If so lets arrest all fertilizer dealers, canned drinks sellers, dealers in prime cords and all filling station owners, attendants and even tanker drivers and importers.. Car dealers as well should be arrested afterall na moter them dey use bomb everywhere..

Nna free this rumour.. The federal government is looking for a reason to implicate an igboman in the boko Haram issue..

jmaine:

Personally, i no like virgins at all . .them be waste of precious time and effort . . .voracious and ravenous pounder like me no get time to dey joke ontop active service . . .We need action and swerve straight up . . .No time . .

Anybaba: These ABOKI people are not serious. Who are they deceiving? First a supposed Yoruba man from Ogbomosho in Oyo state was arrested, today it is Augustine Effiong, an Islamic convert ! The question is when will this charade of denting the image of other ethnic groups in an aim to salvage the lost integrity, worth and value of the Nigerian Aboki end? I challenge them to tell us the village and clan that Aboki man is from in Akwa Ibom State ! We are not deceived. :

Rhino.5dm:
Bad Boi .

My first experince with a virgin was hell and I made it the last. I need an [size=18pt]experienced[/size]-ready-made-stress-free-riding-Punnie*.

jmaine:

You be correct guy . .who get time to dey conduct[b] tutorial lessons[/b] when there is serious business to trash out down there . . .

Rhino.5dm:
say no to ON-THE-PHOCK training! Go for experience hire, with minimum of 5 years phocking experience.

jason123: Federal character!