BOKO HARAM 2

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.