We will resist every plot by The Boko Haram- Niger Delta Militants warns

The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) yesterday warned members of Boko Haram against
destabilizing the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
In a statement yesterday by the President, Nelly Emma; Secretary, John Sailor and Public Relations Officer, Mukoro Stanley, the group condemned worsening security situation in the country, saying it was a calculated attempt to discredit the administration of President Jonathan.

The group accused a prominent royal father in the north for sponsoring members of Boko Haram in order to create crisis in the country, saying that any plot against President Jonathan by the North would be resisted.

On its part, the National Secretariat of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday canvassed constructive dialogue as the only means of resolving the security challenge orchestrated by Boko Haram.

In a statement he personally signed and made available to reporters inAbuja, the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, advised Nigerians against politicising the Boko Haram issue, saying all segments of the society had been affected by the activities of the sect.

Declaring support for the deployment of soldiers by President Goodluck Jonathan in Borno State, the South South leaders charged him to repeat same in any part of the country where terrorism is perceived to constitute a threat to the integrity of Nigeria.

In a statement endorsed by the trio of Justice Adolphus Karibi Whyte (rtd), Ambassador Dr. Mathew Mbu and Dr Kalada Dick Iruenabere, the SSPA said: “We urge the Federal Government to use all the resources at its disposal to combat the threat posed by the Boko Haram.”

Irked by the terrorist activities of the sect, the SSPA charged the government to fish out those found to be behind the sinister operations of the sect and  ensure that they are brought to justice.

The South-South elder statesmen, who pledged the region’s commitment to an indivisible Nigeria, cautioned that they would not fold their arms and watch helplessly while some enemies of the region and the Nigerian state try to hide under the cloak of region to perpetuate treasonable acts.

“We therefore warn those living in glass houses not to throw stones. Enough is enough,” they said.

According to the SSPA, the Boko Haram sect has not hidden the fact that their ultimate goal is to make Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan’s administration. They marvelled at the call by Borno elders for withdrawal of troops from the state, saying it smacks of approval for the operations of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

SSPA said it recalls threat by some prominent northern politicians during the recent electioneering that they would make the country ungovernable if Jonathan were to emerge President.

“If this were not the playing out of that conspiracy, why was there such a loud silence of acknowledged leaders of the north when it was critical to speak up, given the obvious bizarre response by the Borno elders and lawmakers” they asked.

The elders noted that the call for the withdrawal of armed personnel by the Borno Elders and law makers being based on a comparison between the activities of Boko Haram and those of the Niger Delta militants is misconceived, odious, preposterous, insensitive, simplest and without justification.

SSPA noted that while the Niger Delta militants were fighting concrete for economic justice for their own people, Boko Haram is fighting a nebulous and dangerous war to impose its religious ideology on the entire country.

It observed that “the dishonesty of the comparison becomes clear when one takes into cognizance the massive military response of the Federal Government to militancy in the Niger Delta.”

BAD NEWS AGAIN - Boko Haram Bombs Borno NYSC Camp - Mass Exodus hits Maiduguri

Maiduguri — There was pandemonium yesterday in the National Youth Service Commission (NYSC) camp on Biu road Maiduguri, Borno State, as a bomb suspected to be planted by Islamic radical sect, Boko Haram exploded.

Scores were said to have been injured though there was no official confirmation.
A corps member who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said soldiers took over the camp immediately and ordered corpers to stay indoors.

 

The bomb reportedly went off at 9:27pm.

This was as some southern states have concluded arrangement to evacuate their indigenes from Borno State, as attacks by radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, continued yesterday.

However, government pleaded with residents not to flee assuring that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure that safety.
Daily Champion gathered that the decision of some of the states is to save the loss of lives and property of their indigenes.
In Anambra, Governor Peter Obi said his government would begin the evacuation of indigenes of the state from the troubled city. Last week, Abia State had warned that it will evacuate its citizens if the attacks continue.

Obi said the state is now set to commence evacuation of Anambra Indigenes from crises prone areas. He said this yesterday while speaking with State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Obi who is Deputy Chairman of the Governors Forum, said the decision became necessary to save citizens from being killed in the cross fire between members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and the Boko Haram.
"The option is to begin the evacuation of Anambra indigenes from Maiduguri, Borno State if the bombings in the state continue".
He said he was taking the option because he was not prepared to see any son or daughter of Anambra to be harmed in any part of the country from crisis.

He described the actions of the Boko Haram sect which has resulted in killings of innocent Nigerians in parts of the country, as unacceptable and must be tackled.
He said members of the sect have no justifiable reasons for their actions, noting that there was no need for some group of people to make the country very inhabitable to citizens. "This is the only country that we have as our own; we have no place to go".
Meanwhile, two soldiers were injured in the attack on Baga road, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) while operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) the allegedly shot dead three members of the Boko Haram sect who attacked the military vehicle.

 

Confirming the attack, the spokesman of the JTF Colonel Victor Ebheleme said the bomb was thrown at the patrol vehicle of the soldiers, while on a routine duty in the area, injuring two soldiers.

He said the soldiers engaged the sect members in a gun duel killing three of them, while others who fled and were pursued with a view to arresting them and bringing them to book.
Another bomb blast occurred when a NEMA vehicle matched on a bomb buried in pot hole on the same Baga road but no injury was reported yet.
Meanwhile, people in their thousands are relocating from Maiduguri to their villages and other neighboring states they consider safe, as the city has been turned into war zone were business and social activities have come to a stand still.

 

When our correspondent visited some motor parks in the metropolis, thousands of people including students of the University of Maiduguri which was closed on Monday were seen boarding vehicles going outside the state.

It could be recalled that the management of University of Maiduguri, on Monday due to what it described as security threat to both the institution and the students.
Speaking to our correspondent, a student of the institution, Ibrahim Idris said they received the news of the closure with mixed feelings because students can no longer settle and read peacefully, as gunshots and bombing were the order of the day around the institution, but also regretted that the school calendar will be distorted due to the closure.
Source: allafrica.com

Islamic sect 'BOKO HARRAM' bombs Prostitute hangout in Kaduna

The spate of bombings rocking Nigeria spread to Kaduna last night with a massive blast at the city centre. The bomb, which appears to have been hidden in a refuse bin, targeted a popular drinking joint and an area described as a prostitute rendezvous by Boko Haram militants.
The explosion went off around midnight in the Obalende area of the city, wounding six people. They were said to be receiving treatment in various hospitals in the metropolis.

The Kaduna explosion occurred only a few hours after another blast rocked a church in Suleija, on the outskirts of the federal capital, Abuja.  Four people were killed in that attack.

The  blast in Kaduna took place on Maiduguri Road in the city, the worst hit area was the Fakados street behind Dabo Motors which has a good number of beer parlours and popular hangouts for prostitutes. Some of the  women are believed to be among the victims of the blast.