There is tension in Kogi State over alleged plot by members of Boko Haram to bomb the popular Jamata/Murtala bridge linking the northern and southern parts of the country even as the State Security Service (SSS) said it has arrested 100 suspects in over six states. The development came less than 24 hours after police foiled another plot by the Islamic fundamentalists to bomb the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), located at Central Business District, Garki, Abuja.
The same group of fundamentalists attacked the Nigeria Police headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja on June 16. The sect was said to have sent text messages to some security outfits in Kogi, warning them of their imminent incursion into the state.
A source confided in Daily Sun that Itobe Bridge, which links Eastern part of the country to Kogi State was also a target to be bombed by the sect. Due to this threat, the source hinted that eagle-eyed operatives have been ordered to mount a 24-hour surveillance in and around the two bridges and to patrol the Rivers Niger and Benue by boats.
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Posted: at 5-07-2011 01:31 AM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
theey should better nt bring their wahala to my state o, kogi state is the most diverse state in the country, en we live in peace with one another, in respective of our tribe en religion. i wnt to meet my family d way i left them o. i take God beg o
Posted: at 5-07-2011 02:02 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
ALL THE NIGERIA FORCES ARE GETTING PAID WITHOUT DOING NOTHING, IS ABOUT TIME THEY START WORKING....THE POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD PATROL AT NIGHT TIME INSTEAD OF SLEEPING, YOU ONLY SEE THEM IN THE DAY TIME AT CHECK POINT COLLECTING MONEY FROM DRIVERS....THEN I DONT WHY WE HAVE ARMY IN THAT COUNTRY SINCE THEY DONT HAVE ANY WAR AGAINST ANY COUNTRY, THEIR JOB IS TO PROTECT ALL THE CITIZENS IF THERE'S ANY WAR...SO SINCE THERE IS WAR RIGHT NOW WITHIN US, IS ABOUT TIME THEY SHOULD HELP THE SSS AND THE POLICE TO HANDLE THIS FOOLS.......
P.S DON'T HATE ME BCOZ OF WHAT COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MYSELF, SO phyukOFF..
Posted: at 5-07-2011 02:24 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
ALL THE NIGERIA FORCES ARE GETTING PAID WITHOUT DOING NOTHING, IS ABOUT TIME THEY START WORKING....THE POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD PATROL AT NIGHT TIME INSTEAD OF SLEEPING, YOU ONLY SEE THEM IN THE DAY TIME AT CHECK POINT COLLECTING MONEY FROM DRIVERS....THEN I DONT KNOW WHY WE HAVE ARMY IN THAT COUNTRY SINCE THEY DONT HAVE ANY WAR AGAINST ANY COUNTRY, THEIR JOB IS TO PROTECT ALL THE CITIZENS IF THERE'S ANY WAR...SO SINCE THERE IS WAR RIGHT NOW WITHIN US, IS ABOUT TIME THEY SHOULD HELP THE SSS AND THE POLICE TO HANDLE THIS FOOLS.......
P.S DON'T HATE ME BCOZ OF WHAT COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MYSELF, SO phyukOFF..
Posted: at 5-07-2011 02:27 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
sometimes i wonder if nigeria government are slacking how many are we that some small group of people can't let us live peacefully.i must asked do the force can't dectect the sponsorers of these sect or are they afraid to unvail men behind this act.but i believe nobody is above the govt.let force do thier work properly to dectect these pple hideout and use army men to floursh them.i must tell if tit-tat law is not apply to this we will continue living in fear.
Posted: at 5-07-2011 03:59 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie
I think is high time any boko haram member caught shld be beheaded or hang instead of keeping them in d cell and b4 u knw it, they av escape. They shld be killed immediately they re caught and conferm to limit them or else...
Posted: at 5-07-2011 08:20 AM (13 years ago) | Hero
What kind of country are living in? When challenges come,all shades of opinion are shared and advanced.The security agencies are not doing anything,yet when people who are suspected to have committed or sponsor crimes are aressted,we are also quick to condemn or question the rationale behind the arrest.I feel our constitution and legal system is part of the problem due to pressumption of innocence until the contrary is proved by the court.In some climes that have adversarial legal system,a suspect is deemed guilty such that the burden of contrary prove is on the suspect unlike here where the burden of proof is on the prosecution.We must learn to be objective in the face of challenges.
Posted: at 5-07-2011 08:28 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
WHERE IS MUSLIM LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY? ARE THEY HAPPY WITH ALL THIS ACT OF UNREST CAUSE BY THEIR MUSLIMS FELLOW? IF NOT SINCE ALL THIS BOKO HARAM KILLERS GROUP STARTED HOW MANY MUSLIM LEADERS CAME OUT TO CHALLENGE HIM MAYBE IN MEDIA OR TV AND LET THOSE ILLITERATE BOKO HARAM MEMBERS KNOW LEFT ANA RIGHT IN QURAN MY ADVICE TO MY FELLOW NIGERIAN IS TO BE PRAYERFUL AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN GOD WHAT I KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN NIGERIA THAT ABOVE THE LAW EVERYBODY KNOW THAT,SOME MONTHS AGO THEY DISCOVER CONTAINERS OF AMUNITIONS SHIPPED TO NIGERIA FROM IRAN,UP TILL TODAY THEY DIDNT DECLEAR WHO ORDER FOR IT AND WE ARE SAYING NONSENCE HERE,THOSE GROUP DONT HAVE POWER OF THEIR OWN BUT THEY DEPEND ON SOME BAD GOD FATHERS KNOWN BY OUR LEADER,BELIEVE IT OR LEAVE IT,IF CARE IS NOT TAKING MAYBE THIS IS WILL BREAK NIGERIA INTO MANY PIECES A COUNTRY WITHOUT GOOD FOUNDATION WHILE OTHER COUNTRIES MOVING UP DAY BY DAY WE ARE MOVONG BACK EVERY SECONDS
Posted: at 5-07-2011 09:29 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie
sweetypeters at 5-07-2011 10:18 AM (13 years ago) (f)
this country is just getting worse day by day and Jonathan is not doing anything about it. It is such a shame we struggled to vote for Jonathan only for him not to be able to tackle situations like dis. :'(
Posted: at 5-07-2011 10:18 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming