Mum of suspected bomber who disguised as a woman says he’s not a terrorist

On Friday July 25th, the Nigerian military
released a statement saying they’d arrested
a man dressed as a woman who is
suspected to be connected with
the Wednesday 23rd bomb blast targeted at
former Head of state, General Buhari.
(read here)
Well, the suspect’s mother Zubeida Yusuf,
who lives in Mando, Kaduna has spoken and
she says her son, Mansir Yusuf, is no
terrorist. She said the military mistook her
son for a terrorist because he was found
wearing female clothes;
“My son is not a terrorist. What is
wrong with him is an evil spiritual
attack which is making him to
prefer women’s clothing and to act
as one who is mentally retarded.
Everyone in Mando knows that he
only has a spiritual condition that
is making him to act strangely.
“He often dresses normal from
home, but whenever he gets to an
uncompleted building, he would go
in and change to the female
clothes. He usually carries his bag.
He has been taken to the Village
Head several times and has been
flogged in the hope to cast away
the spirits, but the spirits have
remained and have continued to
torment him,” Zubeida told Daily
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According to her, they were at home on
Wednesday when they heard of the bomb
blast in Kawo and people were running there.
“My son said he was going there
too and I told him to stay at
home. But he sneaked out, and as
usual he carried his bag with
woman clothes and mobile
phones.”
She said she later heard that her son had
been killed and later that he was arrested by
the military.
Zubeida challeged the government and
everyone to come to Aminu Kano Street in
Mando and ask of Mansir Yusuf, saying
“they all know him and know his spiritual
challenges for years.”
An elderly man in Mando said the suspect
was actually under spiritual attack.
“We have even suggested several
treatment options to the family
which I am sure they have
commenced. But his case is purely
a spiritual attack,” he said.
The suspect’s elder brother Ibrahim Yusuf
said
“the spirits making my brother to
misbehave strangely have hindered
him from doing any work to earn a
living except the desire for wearing
female clothes.”
A resident of Kawo, Sirajo Suleiman said
Yusuf was not found with any explosives
apart from some mobile phones and clothes.
Hassan Mai Shayi who stays in Kawo and
knew the suspect said,
“I heard that the mastermind of
the blast has been caught but
before I could go and see him
another person told me that the
suspect is a mentally retarded boy
from Mando and that nothing was
found on him.”