The police in Abuja on Saturday arrested and temporarily detained two foreigners for suspected terrorism.
The two foreigners, a Lebanese and an
Indian were arrested for taking photographs of strategic public
facilities while driving in a car.
The Indian was driving while his Lebanese counterpart was taking the photographs of public buildings, bridges and streets.
Among the photographs found in the
camera of the Lebanese were that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the Ministry of Finance.
A police officer, whose identity could
not be immediately ascertained, had accosted the foreigners and pursued
them in his car to the Total Filling Station opposite Force
Headquarters, where they were eventually apprehended.
From the argument between the police and
the suspected terrorists, it was revealed that the foreigners refused
to stop when they were told to do so.
In a bid to escape, the fleeing suspects
beat the traffic light at the Force Headquarters Junction from the
Ministry of Finance until they were blocked at the Total Filling Station
about 50 metres from the Force Headquarters.
When accosted by the policeman, the Lebanese who had his passport on him, said he worked in a furniture firm in Lagos.
It was gathered that the Indian was not carrying his passport as at the time of the incident.
The Force Public Relations Officer,
Frank Mba, confirmed that the two foreigners were held and later
released after the police had profiled them and found that they meant no
harm.
According to him, the Indian, who lived
in Ibadan, had visited his Lebanese friend in Abuja and both of them
were driving around the city taking pictures for fun.
“The two foreigners were released
because we found out after profiling them that there was no reason to
detain them. The Indian had never visited Abuja before and so, he
decided to take pictures of buildings and places he found interesting;
he meant no harm,” Mba explained.
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