The military Joint Task Force (JTF) has arrested a Lebanese co-owner of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park in Abuja, Fauzi Fawaz, following his alleged implication in ownership of a large cache of weapons of different types andcalibre. A report also indicated that a Lebanese owner of Tahir Palace Hotel in Kano, Tahir Fadallah, had also been arrested over his alleged involvement in the import of weapons. But as at press time, there was a conflicting report on whetheror not Fadallah had been arrested. According to a military source, one of the suspects had been linked to a serving governor in one of the north�Cwest states. The weapons were uncovered at an underground bunker at No. 3 Gaya Road, off Bompai Road in Kano, after a combinedteam of the JTF involving soldiers from 3 Brigade in Kanoand Kano DSS conducted a thorough search of the bunker. Another Lebanese, Talal Roda, with a Nigerian passport, was said to have been arrested at the underground bunker by the military operatives. The weapons recovered include anti-tank weapons, rocket-propelled guns, anti-tank/anti-personnel mines and other dangerous weapons.All the arms and ammunition recovered were properly concealed with several layers ofconcrete and placed in coolers, drums and bags neatly wrapped. The discovery of the weapons also confirms the existence of Hezbollah terrorist cells in Nigeria. The owner of Amigo Supermarket was arrested on May 16, 2013, and he was said to have implicated the owner of Tahir Palace Hotel. Kano State director of the State Security Service, Mr Bassey Etang, also revealed that the owner of the weapons discovered has Hezbollah links. All those arrested have confessed to have undergone Hezbullah terrorism training and further implicated one Fauzi Fawaz, also a co-owner of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park. The arms and ammunition were targeted at facilities of Israeli and Western interest in Nigeria. However, the security agencies are making frantic efforts to unveil the true situation. LEADERSHIP gathered that the house where the weapons were uncovered was less than 500 meters away from the Kano State police headquarters,Bompai, and Immigration and Customs headquarters. While conducting journalists round the house, the state SSS director, Bassey Etang, described the discovery as a huge success. He said the owner of the house, who is stillat large, could be a dangerous terrorist with the ill-intention to attack Nigeria��s interest in disguise of attacking Israeli or foreign interests. LEADERSHIP witnessed the deceitful way the man at large stockpiled the weaponry insidea hole about 12 feet deep in his master bedroom. It was observed that some cupboardsattached to the wall in some parts of the house contained a stock of guns and armoury. LEADERSHIP saw ammunition, dynamites used to make explosives and containers usedin stocking the ammunition. AK47 rifles were in large quantity and there were weapons that were not usually seen in the hands of even insurgents or armed robbers. Meanwhile, the brigade commander, 3rd Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brig-Gen IIyasu Abba, has described the cache of weapons as equal to weapons of mass destructions,considering their quantities and nature. The 3rd Brigade commander added that the investigation that led to the discovery startedin Abuja by the SSS and it was as a result of an arrest of a suspect. Abba said among the weaponsdiscovered during the operation on Tuesday were 17 AK 47 rifles, 44 magazines, fourland mines and 12 RPG bombs, 14 RPG charger, 11 66 mm anti-tanks weapons, one SMG magazine, one pistol and magazine. Also, 11, 433 rounds of 7.26 mm special, 76 hand grenade, rocket-propelled guns, 122-calibre artillery and anti-mines weapons were recovered. ��What you are seeing here are weapons of mass destruction in terms of our situation here right now in Nigeria. If these things had been brought out, only God knows the type of destruction they would cause to innocent persons in the state or in the country,���� he said. He said the Department of StateSecurity Service (SSS) in A
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