According to unconfirmed sources, text messages warned of invasion of the state capital by Islamists at the prayer to end Ramadan with bombs and guns.
Abdullahi Magaji, a resident of Doya in Bauchi center, showed a text message sent tohim by somebody he did not know. The text read: “Asalaamailakun. This is to inform you that our people will be in Bauchi to celebrate the Eid el Fitr along with you with our guns and bombs either Saturday or Sunday.Be sure you receive our people . Salaamuailaikum’’.
A Vanguard reporter was shown similar message by one Malama Zueilla Abubakarof Jahun quarters who said’’ the name and the telephone number of sender was concealed’’.
Most of the people who said they received the threat messages did not know the sender(s) of the messages and could not disclose their sources.
Meanwhile, security agents, yesterday, stepped up checks on motorists and pedestrians in Bauchi State ahead of the end of Ramadan prayers.
Security patrols were intensified especially in densely populated areas of the Bauchi metropolis and the suburbs of Yelwa (crisis prone area), Bayara, Guru, WuntinDada, and Tsohon Kanfani, along Bauchi -Jos Road.
Other areas include Inkil,Bauchi / Gombe Road, Rafin Makaranta, along Bauchi Ningi/ Kano Road, Tirwum, as well as Tundun Salmanu.
In the metropolis, problem prone areas such as Karofi,Jaahun,Kandahar,Kofar Dumi,Yakubu Wanka,Bakin Kura and Gombe Gate, security was beefed up ostensibly in anticipation of political thugs commonly known as Sara-Suka Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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