Hezbollah: S’Leone probes warehouse ownership

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The High Commission of Sierra Leone in Nigeria has begun investigation into ascertaining the real owner of the ware house, where the Hezbollah armoury and terror cell were uncovered in Bompai, Kano State.

The high commission's position was contained in a statement, titled, 'Hezbollah Weapons: Ware house belongs to Sierra Leonean-Lebanese Consul which was made available to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.

The statement read in part, "The High Commission of Republic of Sierra Leone to the Federal Republic of Nigeria wishes to inform the government and good people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that government and people of Sierra Leone continue to distant themselves from any form of violence against the sister Republic of Nigeria.

"While we continue to vigorously investigate the claim to Sierra Leonean citizenship by the suspect, the government of Sierra Leone continues to reaffirm its condemnation of violence and prays fervently for peace to continue to reign in the Federal Republic of Nigeria."

The co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz, and three Lebanese-Abdalah Tahini, Talal Rouda and Khosai Nouridine-had been arrested in connection with the ammunition by the State Security Service.



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