A security alert was triggered last night as soldiers intercepted a truck conveying no fewer than 700 explosives in Abuja. Daily Sun gathered that the vehicle escorted by two unarmed policemen was intercepted at the Abuja City Gate at about 8.00 p.m. The serving policemen had successfully beaten all security checkpoints at all the entry points into the Federal Capital Territory with their deadly consignment until they got to Lugbe on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road, where soldiers on routine duty stopped them. It was gathered that the soldiers demanded to know what was in the truck and ordered the policemen to alight. The policemen were said to have refused the order, insisting they were doing the same kind of work with the soldiers. The soldiers, it was further learnt, insisted on searching the truck and found the explosives packed in 700 cartons. Commander, Brigade of Guards was promptly alerted to the discovery and he dispatched a team of soldiers to arrest the policemen.
The policemen were whisked to the Mambilla Barracks where, it was gathered, they were being detained. Daily Sun further gathered that the Brigade Commander informed the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim who rushed to the Barracks and confirmed that the policemen were not fake. He also ordered that they be kept in the custody of the military.
As at the time of filing this report at about midnight, the Director of the State Security Services (SSS) and other top security chiefs had visited the Mambilla Barracks to inspect the explosives. The arrest immediately sparked a wave of security activities, including the deployment of soldiers in various parts of the Federal Capital Territory as well as government establishments. It could not be immediately ascertained the source of the explosives and where it was coming from. Only on Wednesday, the Islamist group, Boko Haram, which had been terrorizing the country revealed that it was planning to attack the Aso Villa, the seat of the Presidency in Abuja.
Imagine what would have happened if the bombs made it to the airport!!
Posted: at 15-07-2011 01:56 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
linlinhoo at 15-07-2011 02:31 PM (13 years ago) (f)
please can somebody tell me when all these killings will stop in Nigeria? can't Nigeria be divided like Sudan? please i want to see my people just the way i left them. May God save Nigeria from the hand of the evil ones and thank God the did was yet to be done before it was detected.
Posted: at 15-07-2011 02:31 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
we dont have security in nigeria imagine what could have happen chukwu,allah, oluwa pls hep us oooooooooooo even with police escort to destroy and to bring shame to our beloved country. baba God u too much.
Posted: at 15-07-2011 02:40 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
maryclaret at 15-07-2011 02:44 PM (13 years ago) (f)
Hey!! Chineke ama' nkwe. Na wa o!!. Anyhow it's not so shocking cause most of Naija "police" force have no value and their integrity can be bought with as few as 20naira. They have sold their souls to the devil but God is alive!!
Ada Mbaise
Posted: at 15-07-2011 02:44 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
divineproject at 15-07-2011 02:46 PM (13 years ago) (f)
You see..........he who knows someone would kill him/her................they better look inwards becos I dont see theses people (BK) carrying out their deadly acts without the help of insiders...........God will save us
A LITTLE HELP HERE; A LITTLE HELP THERE, MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND!
Posted: at 15-07-2011 02:46 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
flavour-real at 15-07-2011 02:59 PM (13 years ago) (m)
JESUS CHRIST...........I wonder what would have happen in Abuja,,,,,,,To God be the glory, God is indeed with that country, the christains are praying seriously for Nigerian.....He as started already to expose them, you can imagine even the so called police thief, they are the people corrupting that country.....The best thing is to divide that country, they should just stay on their own
Posted: at 15-07-2011 02:59 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
talktruth at 15-07-2011 03:15 PM (13 years ago) (m)
That is why I love the God we serve, human beings can sleep but God never sleep. you can deceive human but you can't deceive God. Him alone we fight for Nigerians. But I suggest the country should be divided now.
No network in Naija
Posted: at 15-07-2011 03:15 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
popo2009 at 15-07-2011 03:32 PM (13 years ago) (m)
This is why i didnt pity those Policemen killed by Bokop Haram members Our Police Force are nothing but illiterate heartless lazy spineless criminals Imagine escorting such an amount of explosives.....you gotta be kidding me
Posted: at 15-07-2011 03:32 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
l hop they must hv been executed by nw. Devil in black uniform(Police). Now wonder elders of Maiduguri are calling for immediate removal of soldier and deployment of them them (police) so that they could carryon their evil attacks. God pass devil.
Posted: at 15-07-2011 03:39 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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