Following a report by an international Hausa radio station that Muammar Gaddafi’s head of security service, General Youssef Dbiri, had relocated to Kaduna State from Yobe State where he is said to have maternal root, a robust manhunt for Dbiri’s whereabouts has begun.
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A top security source who pleaded anonymity told LEADERSHIP last night that although it was yet to be established that Gaddafi’s security chief was in the country, security operatives had swung into action to find out the truth. He said, “It was in the reports, but robust manhunt is in progress to know how valid the allegation is, since we cannot leave anything to chance, as the security agency saddled with the responsibility of national security.”
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On speculations that two of Gaddafi’s intelligence officers are also hiding in the north, he said, “Well, we have all that and, like I said, we have begun serious search to get to the root of all the postulations. We need to know if it’s true: who are they, and what is their mission? Is it just fleeing Libya and seeking asylum? Even if it is asylum, there must be procedures and absolute documentation of immigration.
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“You know there are security challenges attached to people coming into your country without clear-cut traces and addresses, and even purposes for their immigration. We will get to the bottom of all the speculations, and we also need the cooperation of people to volunteer information. You don’t know what is in their possessions – whether arms, money – and what security threat they may pose. It is also possible for fleeing foreigners in a country to be good citizens but, again, others can be influenced and get involved in inimical acts, and that is why we are not taking chances.”
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Hamada Radio International, a Hausa vernacular radio based in Spain, which was monitored in Kaduna had reported that members of the Gaddafi government had crossed over to some parts of northern Nigeria.
According to the report, a convoy of trucks slipped and headed towards the north-west town of Katsina, last Friday night. It? linked it to some members of the Libyan military who, it was alleged, have close family ties with General Dbiri who headed Gaddafi’s security service. He is said to have his maternal root in Nguru, Yobe State, north-eastern Nigeria.
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