The police have said the plot by Boko Haram to
bomb the Federal Capital Territory and six other states is real.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq Bello, said
the police would work with other security agencies to make sure that the threat
was not actualised.
The United States and the United Kingdom’s
missions in Nigeria had last week warned of possible Boko Haram’s attacks
on the FCT, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, and Yobe states.
They warned Americans and Britons in Nigeria to
avoid crowded places including shopping malls, gardens and hotels which could
be targeted by the terrorists.
Following the warning, the Inspector-General of
Police put the Commissioners of Police, Assistant Inspector-General of
Police and personnel in the states on red alert.
The IG also directed the CPs in the states to
hold stakeholders’ meetings with the people in order to proffer possible ways
of tackling the threat.
Speaking during a stakeholders’ forum on Thursday
in Abuja, Bello said that security agencies were working hard to thwart the
Boko Haram’s plot, adding that various strategies were being executed to keep
the states safe from terrorists’ attacks.
The CP said, “The threat to attack the city is
real; however, we want to assure members of the public that we are working in
collaboration with other sister security agencies to ensure that we all enjoy a
peaceful Yuletide.”
He added, “We are doing a lot but we don’t want
to mention the strategy so that the men of the underworld don’t take advantage
of it. We are doing a lot especially with our sister security agencies. We have
already mapped out strategies and we have already commenced that.
“It may involve massive raids, massive visibility
policing, vigorous stop and search and we would also embark on intelligence
gathering.”
Bello also urged members of the public to
volunteer useful information that could assist the security agencies to prevent
the attack he said, “Police work is not magic, we depend on members of the
public to make contribution and that is why we are urging members of the public
to come up with useful information that would help us nip crimes in the bud.”
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