Acting Lebanese Consul in Kano, Khallel Musliman, has revealed that
the private residence that housed cache of weapons of mass destruction
linked to international terrorist organisation, Hezbollah, belongs to a
Sierra Leonean.
Speaking in Kano, Musliman said the property owner who is already in
custody over his infamous role in the arm saga is Abdu Hassan Tahir.
The controversial property located at Gaya Road within Bompai GRA is
within a striking distance to the police headquarters that was sacked by
the dreaded Boko Haram members in January 20, 2012.
Heavily armed soldiers are still keeping vigil on the property
thereby impeding access to the popular street off Milar Road in Kano
metropolis.
The Lebanese consul who made available to Vanguard a copy of
business permit granted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2004 to
the accused to conduct business activity in Nigeria further revealed
that he is a nationalised Sierra Leonean.
The Brigade Commander, 3rd Motorized Brigade, Nigerian Army, Kano,
Brigadier-General Ilyasu Abbah, had named three suspects in their
custody as Abdallah Hassan Fadallah, Mustapher Fawaz and Abdullahi
Tigani, adding that they have all been moved to Abuja for further
investigations.
The army chief recalled that one of the suspects, Tahini, was once
arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport over undeclared
$60,000 on his way to Lebanon, adding that he is an Abuja-based
businessman.
A copy of the business permit ref number MIA/B 24332/T/403 and signed
by one Alhassan M.Fawu for the Director Citizenship and Business for
the Minister of Internal Affairs, Abuja, in 2004 allows the suspect to
establish a business venture in Kano.
The Sierra Leonean suspect had obtained the business permit with a
registered company named, Amfat Nigeria Limited, that specialized in
manufacture of plastic products, general merchants, importer and
exporter.
The Lebanese Consul was quick to differentiate the Sierra Leonean
suspect from Taheer Fadhlala, owner of Taheer Guest Palace in Kano,
adding that the clarification becomes imperative in the light of
misrepresentation in some media.
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