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Boko Haram’s plot to bomb Abuja, others real –Police

The police have said the plot by Boko Haram to bomb the Federal Capital Territory and six other states is real.
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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  Inspectors-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.e 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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