The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has reacted to the controversies generated by the identity of the Islamic State of West Africa, ISWAP terrorist arrested over the June 5 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State as revealed by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, Tuesday during a parley with journalists.
There have been controversies over reports that Irabor named one Idris Ojo, one of the ISWAP terrorists who was among the escapees from Kuje jailbreak alongside one Jimoh Ibrahim as the masterminds of the Owo attack.
But many Nigerians had queried the claim as Idris Ojo was in prison at the time of the Owo attack.
However, the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, in a statement on Wednesday, said the CDS was misquoted.
Akpor said that Irabor had confirmed the arrest of four suspects through the collaborative efforts of the military and DSS personnel at Eika, in Okehi Local Government Area, Kogi on Aug. 1.
“Those arrested included Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (a.k.a Bin Malik), Momoh Otohu Abubakar, Aliyu Yusuf Itopa and Auwal Ishaq Onimisi.
